Mankind must begin preparations to no longer be in charge of Earth because of artificial intelligence, according to “Genesis,” a new book by Kissinger, who died last year at the age of 100, and a pair of leading technologists, Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie.

The rise of AI capable of creating “superhuman” people is a major topic of concern for the authors, who warn that AI tools have already started outpacing human capabilities so people may need to consider biologically engineering themselves to ensure they are not rendered inferior or wiped out by advanced machines. “Biological engineering efforts designed for tighter human fusion with machines are already underway,” the authors write, citing brain-computer interfaces and other tech.

In a section titled “Coevolution: Artificial Humans,” they encourage people to think now about “trying to navigate our role when we will no longer be the only or even the principal actors on our planet.” 

The authors assert that they want mankind to survive and hope that people will figure it out. “We wish success to our species’ gigantic project, but just as we cannot count on tactical human control in the longer-term project of coevolution, we also cannot rely solely on the supposition that machines will tame themselves,” they write. “Training an AI to understand us and then sitting back and hoping that it respects us is not a strategy that seems either safe or likely to succeed.”

Sen. Josh Hawley is worried the suspected Chinese hack of U.S. telecommunications companies may have advanced cyberattackers’ impersonation capabilities. The Missouri Republican raised questions this week about whether China’s Salt Typhoon hacking group may have impersonated others after successfully breaching telecom companies such as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. 

The Senate has an intense interest in understanding the scope of the Chinese hackers’ conduct and suspicious hacking incidents. Chinese cyberattackers’ reported espionage targets in recent months range from Mr. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to sensitive data on law enforcement requests for court-authorized snooping.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, revealed in May that the FBI took possession of his phone. He said he received a message appearing to come from Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, but it was not from the New York Democrat. Following Mr. Graham’s disclosure, word spread that other lawmakers received similar messages. 

Federal cyber officials are investigating the Chinese hackers and have said they discovered customer data theft and compromised communications of government and political officials. The FBI, National Security Agency and the CISA said last week that their investigation into China’s targeting of telecom companies had revealed a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.”

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, is calling on Mr. Trump to drop any plan to save TikTok from a looming federal ban on operating in the United States. Mr. Trump pursued a ban during his first term as president, but changed his mind during his presidential campaign, announcing that he now opposed efforts to restrict the wildly popular China-founded app. 

With critics claiming TikTok has ties to Chinese spying and information warfare operations — allegations the company denies — Congress passed and President Biden signed a conditional ban into law earlier this year, ordering TikTok’s U.S. operation to separate itself from ByteDance, its China-based parent company, or face restrictions in America. Ongoing litigation challenging the law is swirling in federal courts as a potential ban looms early next year. 

Mr. Blumenthal says lawmakers are determined to see the law enforced, including the conditional ban, regardless of the president-elect’s policy preferences. “The law requires the divestment of TikTok’s American operations next year; the president can extend the deadline once, but he can’t ignore the law,” he said this week. “If he wants to change the law, he can try, but I can tell him and tell the American people, the Senate’s pretty strong here in favor of that law.”

Mr. Blumenthal indicated during a hearing this week that TikTok is not the only Chinese app in lawmakers’ crosshairs and he advocated for a new tough approach to China from the Congress. “We need to radically rethink how we are protecting against Beijing’s spying and influence,” the congressman said.

Justice Department lawyers and regulators from several states have asked a federal court to break up Google to prevent it from continuing to quash competition through its dominant search engine. The proposed breakup calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from favoring its search engine.

Regulators also want Google to be banned from forging multibillion-dollar deals to lock in its search engine as the default option on Apple’s iPhone and other devices. And, they seek to require Google to share data from people’s queries with its rivals, giving them a better chance at competing with the tech giant.

The case shows how eager Biden administration regulators are to punish Google in the wake of an August ruling that branded the company a monopolist. The incoming Trump administration appears less intent on punishing Google. The Associated Press reports that Google will almost certainly appeal any proposed punishments, prolonging a legal fight that has already dragged on for more than four years.

Stephen Moore takes aim at the U.S. government’s moves against Google. He writes: “In the days or weeks ahead, the courts may require Google to sell off its popular Chrome browser. (To whom? China?) It may also require Google to surrender other products to help erase its market lead.”

“With a market [capitalization] of roughly $2 trillion, Google is one of the five most profitable companies in the world. It got there by offering a free search engine service to hundreds of millions of people. This may be the largest benefit to consumers of any company ever,” writes Mr. Moore, co-author of the book “The Trump Economic Miracle.”  

He goes on: “Can anyone imagine for a moment that a German, Japanese or Chinese court would rule against a domestic company that has come to dominate a globally strategic industry, has created tens of thousands of high-paying jobs for its citizens, and has made hundreds of billions of dollars for its own citizen shareholders? Only in America.”

• Nov. 21 — Big Ideas for America’s New National Security Team, Hudson Institute

• Nov. 22 — Technology and Maritime Security Cooperation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific, Hudson Institute

• Nov. 22-24 — Halifax International Security Forum

• Dec. 2 — Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Climate Change, Brookings Institution

• Dec. 7 — 2024 Reagan National Defense Forum, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute