China catching up with US in algorithms despite chip gap, says former Microsoft AI head

China catching up with US in algorithms despite chip gap, says former Microsoft AI head

China still lags behind the US in artificial intelligence (AI) chips, but the country is rapidly catching up in algorithms amid an intense technological race between the world’s two largest economies, according to renowned computer scientist Harry Shum Heung-yeung. AI competition encompassed three key aspects: chips, algorithms, and applications – and the US was “clearly”…

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OpenAI says Zhipu AI accelerates China’s global efforts to challenge US tech dominance

OpenAI says Zhipu AI accelerates China’s global efforts to challenge US tech dominance

OpenAI said its analysts found that Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Zhipu AI had made “notable progress” in providing infrastructure solutions to governments and state-owned firms in non-Western markets, as Beijing seeks to strengthen its global leadership in the rapidly evolving technology. In a post on Wednesday, the ChatGPT maker, which has previously urged Washington…

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