Connor Leahy on CNN's Amanpour: “We are not in a race with China, because we are fully compromised”

According to the description from ControlAI, its US Executive Director Connor Leahy told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that the technology poses the greatest security risk to the United States and the global order in living memory, including loss of control, and that the US is not in a race with China.

Why it matters

The same thing, for different readers.

For lawmakers

ControlAI's Leahy, speaking after the Nvidia scandal, argues the China-race framing misses the larger risk of losing control of powerful AI systems.

The record

Questions
Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed? · How is AI used in attacks, defence and war?
People
Connor Leahy (Speaks, US Executive Director, ControlAI) · Christiane Amanpour (Mentioned)
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 November 14, 2026, via yt-controlai (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
Cite this
ControlAI, “Connor Leahy on CNN's Amanpour: “We are not in a race with China, because we are fully compromised””, November 13, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/controlai-2026-11-13-leahy-amanpour-china-race
Our notesLight lane: not fetched. Posted by ControlAI itself, so the description is the advocacy group's framing. Words are not verified against the clip.