1/ 🚨 The administration just issued an Executive Order on Advancing U.S. Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure—a significant step to strengthen the nation’s AI capabilities while ensuring safety, security, and prosperity. 🧵

In light of President Biden's misguided and shortsighted decision to block Nippon Steel's purchase of U.S. Steel on national security grounds, it is worth reading this totally spot-on commentary from the @japantimes editorial board last week.

Great reporting by @chwolfson from the ground on the U.S. Steel deal. “If these guys are our allies, why are we making them our enemy?” “It’s not a national security threat. “[Japan] is our strongest ally now. The 7th Fleet is stationed there. That’s 20,000 sailors.”