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Nov 2024
17m 7s

How AI could impact geopolitics

GOLDMAN SACHS
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The rise of AI could have profound implications for geopolitics given the decisions about where AI infrastructure is going to get built. Jared Cohen, president of global affairs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute, discusses the data center diplomacy that is shaping geopolitics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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