arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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In this arms race, AI is being weaponized by both sides.
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Abhishek Gandotra, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Google expands cloud strategy amid AI arms race For Google, adding OpenAI as a customer shows how the company has used its in-house tensor processing units (TPUs) to grow its cloud business, Reuters notes.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the ABM Treaty as part of SALT I, the first agreements limiting the nuclear arms race.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Anthropic, which was valued earlier this year at $61.5 billion, is trying to keep pace in an AI arms race with competitors like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, while also professing the importance of AI safety.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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Abhishek Gandotra, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Google expands cloud strategy amid AI arms race For Google, adding OpenAI as a customer shows how the company has used its in-house tensor processing units (TPUs) to grow its cloud business, Reuters notes.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the ABM Treaty as part of SALT I, the first agreements limiting the nuclear arms race.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Anthropic, which was valued earlier this year at $61.5 billion, is trying to keep pace in an AI arms race with competitors like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, while also professing the importance of AI safety.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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