My latest interview with @Capgemini, sharing my view on AI sovereignty: For countries, the clearest error is believing that the only two cho…

My latest interview with @Capgemini, sharing my view on AI sovereignty: For countries, the clearest error is believing that the only two choices are to accept an American model or to build one from scratch. Those are not the right two options. The real choices are: first, to adopt a leading closed-source American platform, with full awareness of the sovereignty trade-offs involved; second, to take an open-source model and continue training it for your language, values, and regulatory requirements – at a fraction of the cost and with a realistic chance of success. Building from scratch to compete with the US and China is a third path, but it requires going in with eyes fully open to the fact that, for most countries, it is unlikely to succeed. https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/a-conversation-with-kai-fu-lee/

Source: Kai-Fu Lee (X) | 2026-05-11