According to the opinion piece in Fox News Network, the United States’ competitiveness against People’s Republic of China in the global AI race depends not merely on algorithms or talent, but on advanced internet infrastructure. The author argues that while U.S. firms lead in innovation and investment, the critical third pillar is connectivity—cutting-edge broadband and Wi-Fi networks that can support massive AI workloads.
China is portrayed as building a national, unified infrastructure strategy tied to its AI ambitions, challenging U.S. leadership in wireless standards and global connectivity. For example, the article points out that China is promoting its own Wi-Fi and wireless technologies abroad, which could undermine U.S. standards and give Beijing an edge in AI deployment.
The U.S. advantage, the author claims, lies in private capital investments (the cable and broadband industry with “$340 billion in private capital” and “87 % of U.S. networks already capable of gigabit speeds”). These investments, the piece argues, need to be leveraged within a national strategy for internet infrastructure and unlicensed spectrum access to maintain leadership.
Finally, the article urges U.S. policymakers to shift from state-by-state regulation of broadband to a coherent federal framework that supports open airwaves, permissionless innovation, and public-private investment. The idea is that without this strategic infrastructure focus, the U.S. will struggle not just in AI research but in real-world deployments at scale—which is where China intends to excel.
