U.S. is Losing and China is Gaining influence in Managing Global AI Risk

Appeared on Substack on December 21, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/us-is-losing-and-china-is-gaining?r=o7w77 While the current manifestation of AI is truly transformative, it comes with a myriad of societal challenges that need to be acknowledged and dealt with. Otherwise, we will be letting the proverbial genie out of the box and could be dealing with cleaning up dystopian messes. AlreadyContinueContinue reading “U.S. is Losing and China is Gaining influence in Managing Global AI Risk”

Universities are Slip Sliding Away on Their Higher Purpose

Appeared on SUBSTACK on September 15, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/universities-are-slip-sliding-away At dinner a few days back, an eminent MIT professor and good friend told me almost excitedly that his institution was not touched by the Trump administrations attack on academia, mainly because they had signaled that they would make a deal even before the onslaught. Stanford wasContinueContinue reading “Universities are Slip Sliding Away on Their Higher Purpose”

Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda

Read on Substack The Trump administration is being very aggressive in attacking several central pillars of higher education in the United States. And rather than fighting back, the leaders of academia are cowering under this intense onslaught. Several opinion pieces in reputed publications have urged academia to explain to the Trump administration and the generalContinueContinue reading “Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda”

MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway

President Donald Trump and Major Domo Elon Musk are embarking on cost cutting at the federal level that is making everyone’s head spin. Every day we hear directly from respected news sources that federal employees have been asked to stay at home in several departments, some with compensation and some outright by being laid off.ContinueContinue reading “MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway”