前众议员、Palantir科技公司防务负责人迈克·加勒格警告称，在软件与技术领域竞争上，中美之间发展迅速且紧张。他主张供应链的武器化可能导致自由世界与极权主义对手之间的对抗高潮。
在福克斯新闻频道接受首席政治主播贝特·拜尔采访时，加勒格提到了他在《华尔街日报》上发表的一篇专栏文章，其中详细分析了对中国日益增长科技主导地位的担忧。“在现代战场中，我们不仅需要了解敌人，还需要了解自己并详细掌握供应链。”他周一在“特别报告”节目中表示。
格尔莱强调了全球范围内的中国制造港口起重机可能对国际贸易造成破坏的影响。若美国与台湾问题上与中国发生冲突，中国的这一优势将会显现出来，“拜登政府最近警告称，中国制造的港机可以从远程地点进行控制……”。欧洲企业发现中国企业可能已经获得了控制货轮系统的权限。无数终端连接着互联网，包括传感器和直接与关键基础设施互动的设备。如果某人能够控制技术堆栈的一部分，如半导体、蜂窝模块或硬件设备，则可以利用它们进行窃听、中断甚至致死。
加勒格补充道，在美国国会中存在两党共同支持对中国采取更强硬政策的意见，但批评拜登政府在人工智能等科技应用的负责任使用问题上与中共保持利益一致。他认为这“愚蠢”，并强调习近平对于人工智能的兴趣仅限于主导技术，并将其用于反乌托邦极权主义目的。
加勒格指出，在面临全球通讯设备攻击和供应链武器化更广泛的问题之后，世界将可能会被分裂为以极权主义科技为基础的系统与自由世界的系统。美国的任务是在这两者之间确保后者取得胜利。他建议的第一步是认识到中共在技术、气候变化以及芬太尼合作方面的不可信赖性。
作为哈德森研究所高级研究员，加勒格表达了对国家发展方向和国家安全体系准备情况的担忧，“国防工业基础已过于僵化”，他认为需要发挥美国优势——即能够生产军用级软件并应用于重振整个国防工业基建设施上。今年早些时候，拜登政府宣布了加强国内港口网络安全以及投资港口基础设施的举措。
本周一，美国商务部提议禁止在中国制造和俄罗斯制造的软件与硬件与在美国销售的自动驾驶汽车连接使用，并以国家安全为由做出这一决定。商务部部长吉娜·雷蒙多指出：“如今的汽车装有摄像头、麦克风、GPS追踪器等联网设备。可以想象，如果敌对国家能接触到这些信息，将对我们国家安全和美国公民隐私构成重大威胁。”
新闻来源：www.foxnews.com
原文地址：Former House China hawk warns Americans about the dangers of the CCP’s growing technological dominance
新闻日期：2024-09-24
原文摘要：
The former chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party warned about a fast-moving software and technology race between the United States and China, arguing the weaponization of supply chains could force a showdown between the free world and its totalitarian rivals. Former Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier about a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) op-ed he wrote Sunday, outlining his concerns about China's growing technological dominance. "On the modern battlefield, we need to not only know our adversary but know ourselves and map our supply chain in great detail," he said Monday on "Special Report." RUSSIA, CHINA HOLD BIGGEST WAR GAMES SINCE SOVIET ERA Gallagher, the head of defense for Palantir Technologies, a Denver-based software company, highlighted how China could use its manufactured port cranes across the world to disrupt international commerce if the United States were to get into a conflict with China over Taiwan. "The Biden administration recently warned that Chinese-made port cranes could be ‘controlled... from remote locations.’ European companies found that Chinese groups may have gained access to the systems that control cargo ships. Billions of endpoints connect to the internet, including sensors and devices that physically interact with critical infrastructure. Anyone with control over a portion of the technology stack such as semiconductors, cellular modules, or hardware devices, can use it to snoop, incapacitate or kill," he wrote in the WSJ. Gallagher added that there’s bipartisan support in Congress for a tougher U.S. approach to China but called out the Biden administration for pursuing the idea that the United States' interests align with the CCP when it comes to responsible use of technology like artificial intelligence (A.I.). "I think that's foolish. I think the only interest Xi Jinping has when it comes to AI is in dominating the technology and using it for dystopian totalitarian purposes," he told Baier. BIDEN DOJ ENDING NATIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE AIMED AT COUNTERING CHINA AMID COMPLAINTS ABOUT BIAS "And I think in light of the pager attack [in Lebanon], in light of the weaponization of supply chains more broadly, we're going to see a bifurcation of the world into a totalitarian tech stack and a free world tech stack. Our job is to make sure that the latter prevails over the former. And step one in doing that is recognizing that the CCP is not a responsible actor when it comes to technology or climate change or fentanyl cooperation. That's a fundamental first step we need to take." The distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute voiced his concerns about the direction of the country and the readiness of America’s national security establishment. "The defense industrial base has become too ossified," said Gallagher. "We need to leverage our asymmetric advantage, which is our ability to produce weapons-grade software and apply it to revitalizing our entire defense industrial base." The Biden administration announced earlier this year the steps it was taking to strengthen the cybersecurity of the nation's ports and to invest in port infrastructure. The U.S. Commerce Department proposed Monday banning Chinese and Russian-made software and hardware in connection with autonomous vehicles in the U.S., citing national security concerns. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Cars today have cameras, microphones, GPS tracking and other technologies connected to the internet. It doesn't take much imagination to understand how a foreign adversary with access to this information could pose a serious risk to both our national security and the privacy of U.S. citizens," said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
