The United States might have many more researchers working in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), but China is fast catching up and will surpass America slightly in the competition, said well-known AI expert Kai-Fu Lee, emphasising that China's growing capabilities deserve attention.
Though the US remains ahead in the field of AI research, China's model is to develop products that cannot be copied, and in the age of AI, its asset is its data, he said, forewarning that dramatic changes could happen much sooner than the world expects.
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