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From Posting to Policy: Saif Khan on DUV and the AI Balance

According to the description, Jordan Schneider interviews Saif Khan, a former White House and Commerce official now launching the Center for Technology and Statecraft. The description says its DUV report projects that halting tool exports now could leave China making roughly 100x fewer AI chips than the US by the mid-2030s.

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Why it matters

The same thing, for different readers.

For lawmakers

Argues export controls on DUV tools could shape the US-China AI balance for a decade; the projection is a model, not an observation.

For researchers

A forecast of chip output under export controls that others could test against supply-chain data.

The record

Questions
How is AI used in attacks, defence and war? · Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment?
People
Saif Khan (Speaks, Launching the Center for Technology and Statecraft) · Jordan Schneider (Speaks, Host, ChinaTalk)
What we read
We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
Found by
The Radar, run of October 16, 2026, via pod-chinatalk (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
Cite this
ChinaTalk, “From Posting to Policy: Saif Khan on DUV and the AI Balance”, October 15, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/chinatalk-2026-10-15-saif-khan-duv-ai-balance
Our notesLight lane: description only. The 100x figure is the report's projection as described by the host, not verified; the report itself was not read.