Top U.S. and European leaders recently spoke about how democracies should set the rules for artificial intelligence (AI), instead of an authoritarian regime like China. “We cannot let China write the rules of the road around AI,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at the Global Emerging Technology Summit in Washington on June 13. The event was organized by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI).  Instead, the rules should be written by the United States and its like-minded allies, according to Raimondo. She explained: “It’s important that AI is developed in a way, and regulated in a way, that is consistent with our democratic values of freedom and openness, protection for our intellectual property, respect for human rights, and respect for privacy.” Also attending the summit was Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Blinken singled out the differences between the United States and China—the …