Artificial intelligence is becoming a key factor in the future of economic and military competition around the world. China has been a leader in the field, with heavy investments in AI research and development, and President Trump wants to help the U.S. play catch-up to China with a new AI strategy. Beijing plans to invest $2 billion in an AI development park, which would house up to 400 AI enterprises and a national AI lab, driving R&D, patents and societal innovation. Hangzhou, home to Alibaba’s HQ, has also launched its own AI park, backed by a fund of 10 billion RMB (nearly $1.6 billion USD). China takes the crown in AI funding China has notched up another first in its battle for supremacy in the field of artificial intelligence - overtaking the US in terms of AI startups funding. China's smart moves in AI Though only 9% of all AI start-up deals happen in China, the total amount of equity funding going into AI in that country is now more than the amount invested in it in the
17 Jan 2020 The amount of cross-border AI-focused investment between the US and China is increasing, but there are more Chinese investments in AI 16 Dec 2018 BCG found that structural improvements at the national level do play an important role in laying the foundations for AI growth—investments in data 22 Jan 2020 Our analysis also indicates that Chinese investors investing in Chinese companies are dominating the space accounting for over 56% of
11 Apr 2019 China and America are competing in a race for artificial intelligence and China Note that the photo dates back to 2005: Chinese investment in China’s BAT, or Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, is leading the way for AI in China. Baidu was the first Chinese company to embark upon research in AI, using a system known as Duer to be used in home devices and driverless cars. Last year, Chinese investment in the US dropped to $4.8bn (£3.7bn) - its lowest level since 2011 - while US investment in China dipped from $14bn to $13bn, according to the Rhodium Group's annual China is working on an extremely aggressive multi-billion-dollar plan for government investment into AI research and applications. The U.S. government has been slower to act. The U.S. government NEW YORK—China is eroding America’s military superiority and conventional deterrence through the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in its military strategies, operations, and capabilities, an independent U.S. federal commission warned, adding that the United States needs to step up investment in the technology and apply it to national security missions. China’s Within two months of the AI’s victory, China’s government issued its plan to make China the global center of AI innovation, aiming for a 1 trillion RMB (about $150 billion USD) AI industry by 2030.
12 Nov 2019 "China is betting on AI and investing in AI and deploying AI on a scale no other country is doing," says Abishur Prakash, a futurist and author of 5 Dec 2019 New estimates show how much China's investments in AI have been Chinese paramilitary armed policemen salute as red flags flutter in front
China laid out plans to become a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. The government aims to make the AI industry worth $150 billion. China's three step program outlines its aim to use AI in a number of areas from the military to smart cities. Baidu is driving the future of AI. There's likely no bigger way to play China's AI boom than by investing in Baidu. The company made a big move into the sector in 2014 when it hired away one of Google's top AI engineers at the time, Andrew Ng, who started the Google Brain project. "China is betting on AI and investing in AI and deploying AI on a scale no other country is doing," says Abishur Prakash, a futurist and author of books about the effect of artificial intelligence