Friday, 7 August, 2026
Patriotism Over Profit: Meta AI Chief Urges Startups to Prioritize US Defense
By TechShots Studio

Meta AI head Alexandr Wang urged American startups to treat serving the US government as a bedrock principle rather than a commercial convenience. He backed Scale AI’s decision to reject revenue from Chinese AI labs, criticizing US data-labeling firms that supply Chinese tech giants like Tencent and ByteDance. Wang warned that selling training data to foreign competitors directly risks national security and undermines American leadership in artificial intelligence.
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