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AI PROMISE AND CHIP PRECARIOUSNESS

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Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.7 rivals GPT-4-class models, while OpenAI leads with ChatGPT, Grok 3 excels in speed, and China's DeepSeek has emerged as a top open-source AI contender. The AI chip race, led by Nvidia, has intensified as U.S. semiconductor policy weakened China's TSMC reliance but deepened U.S. dependence on Taiwan, sparking calls to lift the China chip ban, tighten equipment restrictions, boost domestic production, and strengthen Intel's foundry.