{
  "id": 3599369,
  "title": "As the US and China compete over AI, Asean must secure strategic autonomy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/as-the-us-and-china-compete-over-ai-asean-must-secure-strategic",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T21:30:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3365058/us-and-china-compete-over-ai-asean-must-secure-strategic-autonomy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "International relations has long measured power through familiar instruments: military capability, territory, energy, capital and control of trade. The digital revolution added information to that equation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the transformation further by turning information into a strategic capability that can shape economies, governments and societies. For the Association of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Asia Times",
        "title": "S Korea’s AI economy can’t compete with China through conformity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/s-koreas-ai-economy-cant-compete-with-china-through-conformity",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:59:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}