‘Hot competition’: NSA deputy sounds alarm on China threat, AI race

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NSA Deputy Director Tim Kosiba said Beijing is playing “spoiler” the world over, alleging, for example, that “Chinese companies provided GEOINT to the Iranians to help hit our bases and our allies.”