In a commentary, SMU Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Chen Liang argues that the clash over Anthropic reveals a deeper reality: frontier artificial intelligence (AI) is inseparable from state power. Assoc Prof Chen noted that while Washington reacts and Beijing plans, both are tightening control, driving a split into rival AI ecosystems. He said that it is highly probable that both powers will mandate exclusive reliance on domestic large language models (LLMs) for critical, commercial, and telecommunications infrastructure, viewing foreign algorithmic integration as an unacceptable vulnerability in terms of data sovereignty and national security.
