Kai-Fu Lee: open vs closed models and data sovereignty decide AI's fate beyond the two superpowers
kaifulee · x · 2026-09-25
Kai-Fu Lee argues the key question for enterprise and government AI is open vs. closed models and data sovereignty — especially for countries building AI capability outside the two AI superpowers. He discusses this with a leading Southeast Asian voice.
The post also promotes his new book AI Native, whose core thesis is that top AI agents can now complete a full workday of the smartest humans in less time than a coffee break — and when human thinking, the most expensive corporate input, becomes nearly free, companies must rebuild organizations around agentic AI rather than dabble.
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