Bangladesh, Aug. 19 -- Artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological marvel; it is increasingly a form of geopolitical currency. For years, AI development was framed as a high-stakes race among tech giants and global superpowers to build artificial general intelligence (AGI)-a machine capable of performing any intellectual task a human can. OpenAI, DeepMind, and similar organizations have positioned themselves at the forefront of this race, while governments, particularly in the United States and China, have framed AI as a national security priority, mobilizing resources on a scale reminiscent of the Manhattan Project. In this view, AI is a form of hard power, accessible primarily to nations with vast computational resources...