NYTIMES (Steve Lohr) - China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age
China is seeking global influence and good will with its open, low-cost artificial intelligence software.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Julio Rivera) - Washington Can’t Afford to Let the US Lose the Open-Source AI War
President Trump was right about China. Long before it became conventional wisdom in Washington, he recognized that America wasn’t simply competing with another trading partner. […] Source
NPR (The Associated Press) - China's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI, as US curbs squeeze China's tech access
American-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the world's most advanced technologies, spurring China's efforts to build its own know-how and intensifying the tech race between the world's two biggest economies.
NPR (John Ruwitch) - American AI is expensive. Some startups are turning to cheap Chinese models
AI is a fast-growing business expense. Some companies are cutting costs by switching to cheaper Chinese AI models.
NYTIMES (Steve Lohr and Xinyun Wu) - China’s Chip Champion to Raise Billions in Race for A.I. Control
CXMT, a linchpin in China’s drive to develop homegrown artificial intelligence technology, is aiming to raise nearly $10 billion in a blockbuster public offering in Shanghai.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Mark A. Jamison) - Beijing Wants to Lock Down AI. Washington Should Open It Up
Spreading American technology is pivotal to winning the contest with China. The post Beijing Wants to Lock Down AI. Washington Should Open It Up appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Beijing Wants to Lock Down AI. Washington Should Open It Up Spreading American technology is pivotal to winning the contest with China. When nations believe they possess a strategic technological advantage, they face a choice. They can protect that advantage by restricting access to it. Or they can spread it so widely that the rest of the world gets hooked on their technology. China appears to be choosing the first path. Recent reports indicate that Beijing is considering tighter controls on the export of its most advanced artificial intelligence models, treating frontier AI as a national security asset available to foreign…Open
DAILYCALLER (Ireland Owens) - China Tries Building Great Wall Around AI Tech
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NYTIMES (Don Clark) - China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017
A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Lipton Matthews) - China’s Industrial Policy: Ambition, Inefficiency, and a Cautionary Tale for America
There is a certain seductive logic to watching your rival gain advantage through state support and concluding that you should respond in kind. Across the […] Source
NYTIMES (Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher) - Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Build a Robot Without China
Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match.