Data Hacks and the US-China AI Race

is a JD candidate at Yale Law School. Previously, he was Chief of Staff at SparkAI, a machine learning operations and autonomy startup that was acquired by a Fortune 100 company.Mercor isn’t top of mind in DC today, but the expert-data ecosystem it represents is a core determinant of AI capabilities growth and the U.S. frontier AI advantage. Last week’s hack and data breach at Mercor, and the broader security challenge it represents, may shape the future of tech competition. It also could hold t...