The CEO State - #9

Series: "Geopolitics of AI"

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governments and institutions can adapt. While U.S.-China tensions still dominate headlines, another dynamic is quietly taking shape: the fusion of tech power and state authority, led not by governments, but by the technologists themselves.

In this edition of The Geopolitics of AI, we turn our attention to Ian Bremmer’s provocative new article in Foreign Affairs. Building on his earlier concept of the “technopolar moment,” Bremmer now argues that we are entering a phase where unelected tech elites are no longer content to influence the state, they are actively capturing it. Drawing on further insights from RAND and Carnegie, we explore what this means for global AI governance, democratic accountability, and the strategic balance of power in the AI age.