The New Trend in Global Tech: AI Move Signals a Geoeconomic Shift — "Singapore as the West's entry point to siphon talent stifled by China's authoritarianism"

In the New York Times, Sal Khan warns that A.I. will displace workers at a scale not fully realized while Cecilia Kang seems horrified to discover that From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump. 

In the meantime, Tech expert Sebastien Laye reads the (I)T leaves and finds them in Singapore: 

Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus—an AI startup with Chinese roots now based in Singapore—signals a geoeconomic shift: Singapore as the West's entry point to siphon talent stifled by China's authoritarianism. It's the ideal US-Asia bridge—China hostile, India chaotic, Japan/Korea integrated. Watch Malaysia/Thailand next; Indochina too China-linked, except French angles. A trend in global tech flows. #Geoeconomics #MetaAcquisition

Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus—an AI startup with Chinese roots now based in Singapore—signals a geoeconomic shift: Singapore as the West's entry point to siphon talent stifled by China's authoritarianism. It's the ideal US-Asia bridge—China hostile, India chaotic, Japan/Korea integrated. Watch Malaysia/Thailand next; Indochina too China-linked, except French angles. A trend in global tech flows. #Geoeconomics #MetaAcquisition