Craig S. Smith covers AI and hosts the Eye on A.I. podcast. He is a former correspondent and executive at The New York Times, where he covered global events for over two decades. He has been contributing to Forbes since 2021, writing about AI’s impact on society in articles such
Washington Blinked: 18 Days That Bent The U.S.-China AI Race
Open source and closed models have become competing strategic narratives in the global competition for AI dominance.
Buckle Up: The Bad Guys Now Have A Model As Powerful As Mythos
China now has an open-weight model that can find software vulnerabilities and create attacks for anybody to use.
Distillation: The New U.S.–China AI Fight
America's powerful AI models are deemed national security assets, with China accused of stealing them through "distillation."
AI Is Now Moving Faster Than Governments Can Govern It
Governments currently lack the frameworks, technical expertise, and speed to evaluate and regulate such advanced AI. The result is reactive policymaking.
Tech Rivals Unite To Stop AI-Designed Bioweapons
AI leaders are worried that powerful AI models could be used to design highly contagious viruses that could be ordered online from gene-synthesis providers.
