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Francis Fukuyama, the political scientist famous for declaring the end of history, has reversed course on artificial intelligence risk. Writing in Persuasion, he now argues AI poses a genuine threat to democratic institutions and human autonomy — a significant shift from a thinker whose opinions tend to carry serious weight in policy circles.
Meanwhile, the intersection of AI and geopolitics got a little more tangible this week, as OpenAI president Greg Brockman is set to attend a state dinner between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. A major MAGA Inc. donor will also be present, raising pointed questions about how closely the AI industry is now entangled with the highest levels of diplomatic maneuvering.
On the hardware side, AMD briefly crossed the one trillion dollar market cap threshold this week, a milestone that would have seemed extraordinary just a few years ago. And yet, context is everything — Nvidia currently sits at nearly five point five trillion dollars, a reminder that AMD's triumph is real but still measured in Nvidia's very long shadow.
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