The United States must sharpen its artificial intelligence-powered tools in order not to fall behind the efforts of communist China, a U.S. national security commission has told Congress. In a 750-page report (pdf) to Congress released on March 1, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) detailed the threats posed by Beijing, which has been vying to supplant the United States as the world’s next AI superpower. If left unchecked, the communist regime’s rapid advance in the AI field would see China surpass America within the next decade, warned the commission headed by former Google chairman Eric Schmidt, along with executives from Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon. “China is organized, resourced, and determined to win the technology competition,” it stated, adding that the regime “is executing a centrally-directed systematic plan to extract AI knowledge from abroad through espionage, talent recruitment, technology transfer, and investments.” The heavy digital dependence of Americans …