The greatest danger posed by artificial intelligence is not the technology itself, but the race to deploy it before we know how to control it, according to Kenneth Rogoff in a 6 Aug 2026 viewpoint. The recent Hugging Face breach shows how seemingly minor human errors can be amplified by AI, underscoring the risks of treating safety as an afterthought. The AI race between the United States and China is accelerating at a breathtaking pace, with the US repeatedly appearing to pull ahead only for China to quickly close the gap.