CNN Business Article Spotlights UVA Research on China’s Layered AI Strategy

“China, perhaps even more than the United States, also fears out-of-control AI… arrangements where both countries restrain private-sector AI development while walling off AI development as a state and national security enterprise could be something both countries’ governments and private industries agree to.”

In his article this week, CNN Business reporter David Goldman explored U.S.-China AI competition and what global regulation might look like in the future. Goldman quoted research from UVA’s National Security Data and Policy Institute (NSDPI) on the CCP’s layered AI strategy in his analysis. He also sought an expert opinion from Dr. Phil Potter, director of both the NSDPI and the National Security Policy Center at UVA’s Batten School.

Beijing likely has its own deep concerns about AI’s potential to destabilize its social and political system.”

PPPhil PotterDirector of the NSDPI and the National Security Policy Center at UVA’s Batten School

That is a key reason why Potter believes “a spirit of cooperation may be in the best interests of both countries’ governments and industries.”

Read the full story here: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/tech/ai-kill-everyone-china