Introduction: AI Regulation as a Geopolitical Weapon – Who Controls the Future? Why the Race to Write the Rules of AI Will Shape Everything from Your Smartphone to Global Power AI: Who Controls the Future? USA, CHINA, Europe, ... You’re at a coffee shop, scrolling through your phone, when an ad pops up for a gadget you’ve never heard of. You shrug - algorithms, right? But what if those algorithms weren’t just selling you stuff? What if they were quietly deciding who gets hired, who goes to jail, or even who rules the world? Welcome to the 21st century’s ultimate power game: AI regulation . Right now, as you sip your latte, countries are locked in a high-stakes battle over who gets to write the rulebook for artificial intelligence. Think of it like the Cold War, but instead of nuclear arms, it’s code . And just like the Cold War, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Because whoever sets the rules for AI won’t just control technology - they’ll control the future. ...