Chinese AI Companies Are Catching Up Despite U.S. Restrictions
The Biden administration is piling on export controls designed to limit China’s AI advances, but experts say its leading models are on a par with their U.S. rivals.
Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group and CEO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, Daniel Zhang, announces the Tongyi Qianwen AI model. Credit: Alibaba Group
Slowing China’s progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has been a top priority for Washington for the last three years. To achieve that goal, the Biden administration has escalated controls on the sale of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to China, including a fresh salvo of restrictions earlier this week.
Policymakers may be flummoxed to learn, then, that Chinese companies aren’t just keeping up in the AI race: some believe they could overtake American industry leaders
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