OpenAI launched its best new AI model in September. It already has challengers, one from China and another from Google.

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Sam Altman sits in front of a blue background, looking to the side.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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Apple is exploring a way to bring AI features to iPhones in China, report says

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Apple WWDC 2024
Apple started rolling out Apple Intelligence features in October.

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Corruption in China's military is threatening Xi Jinping's 2027 modernization goal, the Pentagon says

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China President Xi Jinping meeting with representatives from the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
"The substantial problems they have with corruption that have yet to be resolved certainly could slow them down on the path toward the 2027 capabilities development milestone and beyond," a senior US defense official said in a press briefing on December 16.

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China has 600 nukes already, and it wants to beat US missile defenses, the Pentagon says

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping, dressed in military formal wear, speaks in front of twin rostrum mikes.
China continues to make more operational nuclear warheads.

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China's missile force has Guam in its sights. The US military just took a big, first-of-its-kind step toward strengthening its defenses.

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A Standard Missile-3 interceptor launches during the test this week.
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the test on Tuesday.

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China is limiting the sale of key components used to build Ukraine's drones: report

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Workers build drones at a Chinese factory.
China appears to be curbing the sale of crucial drone components to the West amid an escalating trade dispute with the US.

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Trump says he doesn't 'believe' Americans will pay more under his tariff plan but 'can't guarantee anything'

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President-elect Donald Trump in France.
President-elect Donald Trump reiterated that he's a "big believer in tariffs" on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

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China's special forces are untested. Success in a Taiwan invasion could depend on them.

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Elite units like the Chinese People's Armed Police are likely to play key roles should China ever decide to invade Taiwan.
 

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NASA is delaying sending astronauts back to the moon — but it still thinks it can beat China

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A golden sunrise surrounds NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for Artemis I on the pad at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 22, 2022.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the delays had to do with issues found after the launch of the Artemis 1 mission in 2022.

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China's cheap goods are threatening to undermine its influence in the developing world

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Indonesians shop for clothes at the Tanah Abang apparel wholesale center.
Cheap Chinese goods, including electronic vehicles, textiles, and steel, are flooding countries such as Indonesia.

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