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Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy · August 2025 · Keynote, Remarks at the APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting

Competitor nations may be following American innovations quickly, but they are still only following.

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Michael Kratsios, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Where
Remarks at the APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting
Topics
Regulation
Source
whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/08/remarks-by-director-kratsios-at-the-apec-digital-and-ai-ministerial-meeting/

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