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The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6845 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Missing The World Next Week? Host Robert McMahon shares his favorite CFR resources for news and analysis on foreign policy and global affairs. The Interconnect, a new podcast series from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Stanford Emerging Technology Review, brings together leading minds in cutting-edge technology and foreign policy to explore recent ground-breaking developments, what’s coming over the horizon, and the implications for U.S. innovation leadership.    In this featured episode, host Martin Giles sits down with CFR Technologist-in-Residence Sebastian Elbaum and Stanford Emerging Technology Review faculty council member Mark Horowitz to discuss where chip manufacturing is heading, how hardware advances are powering the new artificial intelligence (AI) era, and what the United States should prioritize in order to sustain its leadership in this crucial domain.   This episode was originally released by The Interconnect on February 13, 2025.   Featured Episode: Chips and the Future of Computing   Find Us   The Interconnect   Apple Podcasts   Spotify   YouTube

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0:00.0

Hi, everyone. This is Bob McMahon. The world next week may have ended, but there are many other ways to get foreign policy and global news analysis from CFR.

0:08.0

And I hope that you follow and subscribe.

0:09.6

This week, I'm excited to announce the launch of a brand new CFR Limited podcast series in collaboration with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

0:16.8

It's called The Interconnect. Each week host Martin Giles, managing editor of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review,

0:22.9

brings CFR and Stanford experts together to discuss everything from robotics to space to semiconductors.

0:28.9

Each episode explores recent groundbreaking developments and how the implications for American

0:33.2

innovation leadership interconnect with the fast-changing geopolitical environment.

0:37.4

Subscribe today and look out for new episodes in your feed every Thursday. innovation leadership, interconnect with the fast-changing geopolitical environment.

0:40.6

Subscribe today and look out for new episodes in your feed every Thursday.

0:44.3

Here is the first episode in this brand new series. Check it out now.

0:54.0

Welcome to the Interconnect, a new podcast series from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Stanford Emerging Technology Review.

0:57.4

Each episode brings together experts from critical fields of emerging technology

1:01.9

to explore recent groundbreaking developments, what's coming over the horizon,

1:07.2

and how the implications for American innovation leadership interconnect with the fast-changing geopolitical

1:13.6

environment.

1:15.6

I'm Martin Giles, and I'm the managing editor of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review.

1:20.6

In this episode, we'll be focusing on semiconductors and computing.

1:24.6

There are certain classes of problems that seem like the quantum computer could be much better,

1:30.8

but how broad that space is, I think is currently unknown.

1:35.8

What happens when you do not have access to the latest Nvidia hardware?

1:41.2

That's, I think, where Deep Sea comes in.

1:44.5

Joining me to talk about these key domains are Mark Horowitz, a member of the Reviews Faculty

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