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Historically, espionage has played a prominent role in technological innovation. America’s significant advancements were, in part, expedited through a history of stealing ideas and technology from other nations. Alexander Hamilton emphasized this pragmatic approach, suggesting it is more efficient to exploit existing capabilities than to start from scratch. Notably, the U.S. chip sanctions against China aimed at hindering its innovation capabilities inadvertently resulted in the emergence of cost-effective AI models like Deep Seek, which now approaches U.S. performance metrics but at a fraction of the cost.