September 6, 2026
Tech

Exclusive: Undersecretary of War Says Whoever Wins AI Race Will Dominate Economically, Militarily

WASHINGTON—Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael said Tuesday at Breitbart News’s latest policy event that whoever wins the AI Race, the United States or China, will dominate economically and militarily. During Breitbart News’s “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace,”…

Posted on 1 min read

WASHINGTON—Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael said Tuesday at Breitbart News’s latest policy event that whoever wins the AI Race, the United States or China, will dominate economically and militarily.

\n\n

During Breitbart News’s “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace,” Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle asked Michael what would happen if the United States loses the AI race to China, and what the stakes would be for Western civilization as a whole. Michael said that whoever emerges as the victor in the AI race will lead economically.

\n\n

“If you think about the 20th century, the way I’ve described this is we had military power leading up through World War II, and that created sort of… peace besides the Cold War, and then that led to our technological dominance. The internet started here. The internet economy started here. The iPhone, the app economy started here, and… that led to our sort of economic dominance… military technology economy,” he said. “Now, in the 21st century, I think technological dominance will determine whether we are economically dominant and militarily dominant. It stems from the tech dominance.”

\n\n

“If AI is the central, newest, and most important new…

Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *