🔮 Can the West wean off from China?; European startups; AI war rooms; fragile societies ++ #472

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. In this week’s edition, we explore China’s dominance of the battery supply chain.

And in the rest of today’s issue: 

1. Need to know: GenAI as a GPT
   Is generative AI a general-purpose technology? We’ve long believed it to be one, and mounting evidence over the past year contributes to this position.

2. Today in data: A disconnect

   80% of Americans believe that their elected officials don’t care what people like them think.

3. Opinion: What is Tesla?
   Tesla faces an identity crisis, its grand vision clashing with its roots as an electric vehicle manufacturer. We look at the company between two worlds.