Trump says the U.S. is winning the AI race with China. Here’s what experts say.
Industry leaders say China’s AI models are only months behind the US, and China has advantages in talent and electricity generation
President Donald Trump has lauded the United States’ position in its artificial intelligence race against rival China.
“We’re leading China by a tremendous amount,” he said Jan. 13 in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil.
“The AI is unbelievable, what’s happening there. We’re leading China by a lot,” he said Jan. 16 in Mar-a-Lago. And during his Jan. 21 speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he said it again: “We’re leading the world in AI by a lot. We’re leading China by a lot.”
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