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🚨 At Senator Dave McCormick's Defense & Innovation Summit, Shyam Sankar explains how AI can revitalize America's defense industrial base to outcompete China: "In WWII, America was best at mass production. Today, our adversary is," he tells Ruthless Podcast. "AI is our slingshot in this David and Goliath battle.... show more

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