China And AI, Still America’s Lead
The United States, by almost any measure, dominates the world of artificial intelligence. The most powerful A.I. systems are made in America. The United States has far more A.I. data centers than any other country. And a vast majority of the computer chips used to build A.I. were developed by American companies.
Perception, however, is a different matter.
In recent weeks, China has appeared to erode that sizable lead. The competition came into sharper focus last week when a Chinese start-up released a system nearly as powerful as the leading American technologies but costing a lot less. It was the second time in about a month that a Chinese company managed that feat.
In a speech on Friday, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, hailed Beijing as the champion of a new global A.I. order. “A.I. development should not be a solo performance by a single country but a symphony of international cooperation,” Mr. Xi said.
By Cade Metz, ‘Ny Times’
AI is the wave of the future that most techies saw coming for at several decades. The rest of America got rapid introduction to this technology with the advent of Chat GPT and the rest has been a complete soaking of all things AI. The technology has made its way into many aspects of life in America and increasingly is causing tremendous controversies with the ever increasing need for data cents to power the technology. AI is just beginning and will continue to change many aspects of life around the globe in the following decades.
