The ego of America to think it is the only place where innovation can happen is pretty funny. Maybe America’s hubris and hostility towards talented foreigners is driving talent towards other countries? China doesn’t need to embed bad actors and spies in Anthropic and OpenAI, the U.S. is sabotaging itself just fine.

America was at the forefront of technology because it attracted the best talent from all over the world. The talent is now staying at home, and America is discovering that America is nothing without immigration. OpenAI and Anthropic are filled with Chinese employees because some of the most talented engineers are Chinese, not because they are spies. Unfortunately, that’s the last generation of Chinese talent that America will get, the latest generation are staying in China.

Americans should be ashamed of what they have fumbled, not conspiratorial about what China is doing.