Over recent decades Chinese online platforms and social media companies rapidly caught up with, and then surpassed, their U.S. peers. The same is likely to happen again in the AI industry, thanks in part to Donald Trump.
Primary school students use VR devices at an artificial intelligence learning experience center in Qingzhou, China, February 25, 2025. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP Images
Their tariff war maybe stalemated, but the competition for technological supremacy between the United States and China is shifting into high gear. As the two countries battle for dominance in AI — and the productivity and geopolitical gains that will come with it — one question looms large. Will China’s AI capabilities catch up with — and even surpass — those of the U.S.?
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