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  • AI is the New Empire

    Exploring the dystopian technofeudalism at heart of the western A.I. race

    The unnamed book EMPIRE OF AI is mine, based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, & my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI’s perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order:… Continue reading

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  • Pepe with Judge Napolitano

    Thanks to Tariffs, China Ditching US Tech. Napolitano interviews geopolitician Pepe Escobar, April 30th, 2025.

    “… in this wilderness of narrative mirrors, Trump should be perceived as all characters combined: the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty (“When I use a word, it means what I choose to mean, no more and no less”), the Mad Hatter, the… Continue reading

  • China Steps Up Its Game in the Global AI Race

    Huawei chips are already the real deal for every Chinese company which is following the new Beijing-defined direction to reduce any reliance on American technology

    By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.

    Late next month, Huawei will be testing its new powerful AI processor, the Ascend 910 D, even as by early May the previous 910C will start to… Continue reading

  • TECHNOFEUDALISM

    Meet America’s New Oligarch Ruling Class

    🚨🇺🇸🤖 TECHNOFEUDALISM: Meet America’s New Oligarch Ruling Class

    Pepe Escobar joins us to discuss how the US Deep State created Big Tech, why China’s technological innovation model is superior, and Trump’s obsession with AI dominance.

    (01:42) What is technofeudalism?… pic.twitter.com/YntxsLx13w
    — NewRulesGeopolitics (@NewRulesGeo) February 13, 2025

    Pepe Escobar joins the New Rules Podcast to… Continue reading

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  • The Russian Digital Ruble & BRICS Bridge

    Leaving the dollar-based system for good: What are the digital ruble and BRICS Bridge?

    By July 1, 2025, the largest Russian banks will have to provide their clients with the ability to conduct transactions in digital rubles, according to the Russian Central Bank. Pilot testing of the digital currency is underway with 12 banks participating in… Continue reading

  • What is China’s Economic Future?

    Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss what is actually happening in China’s economy, explaining its technological development and transition toward a new industrial revolution.

    Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson at The Geopolitical Economy Hour.

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    RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 24th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines… Continue reading

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