Sure, you don't want an adversary to control your most popular social media platform, I get that but that's mostly just the free market doing its thing.
But If you read into it a bit more you'll realize what this is all about: AI competition.
argues that even if there is nothing wrong with Tiktok it should be banned because it gives China a crucial edge in the development of AI tools that American companies don't have. China is able to freely access Western markets but not the other way around.
Finally, there’s the fear that China will be able to use TikTok’s data to power its AI innovations. That’s an advantage the US won’t have because its social media apps are banned in China and because there aren’t laws that would compel social media companies to hand over data just because the government wants it.
“They are aggregating literally billions and billions of images of not just Americans but people from around the world who are using TikTok,” Warner said. “That gives them so much more data to help them create tools that can be utilized in the AI world.”
They're not even hiding it really. AI is the new oil/gold rush.
But If you read into it a bit more you'll realize what this is all about: AI competition.
argues that even if there is nothing wrong with Tiktok it should be banned because it gives China a crucial edge in the development of AI tools that American companies don't have. China is able to freely access Western markets but not the other way around.
Finally, there’s the fear that China will be able to use TikTok’s data to power its AI innovations. That’s an advantage the US won’t have because its social media apps are banned in China and because there aren’t laws that would compel social media companies to hand over data just because the government wants it.
“They are aggregating literally billions and billions of images of not just Americans but people from around the world who are using TikTok,” Warner said. “That gives them so much more data to help them create tools that can be utilized in the AI world.”
They're not even hiding it really. AI is the new oil/gold rush.
