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China Rapidly Closes AI Gap with US to 6-9 Months, Experts Say

Jun 15, 2024, 12:12 PM

China has made significant strides in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, narrowing the gap with the United States. Experts previously estimated that China's AI models were a decade behind those of the US at the start of 2023. However, recent developments have reduced this gap to a year or less. According to Kai-Fu Lee, China has gone from being 6-7 years behind to just 6-9 months behind in the last year. This rapid progress is attributed to substantial advancements made since 2022, with China now producing some of the best AI models in the world. Alexandr Wang highlighted that China, which once had a 'paper tiger' of AI contributions, has seen 'good growth' since 2022.