Think China’s data is an unbeatable AI advantage? A new report thinks different

A research group report cites five elements that make data valuable for artificial intelligence technologies, and while China enjoys some advantages, it trails the US in others.

In this dawning age of artificial intelligence, the conventional wisdom goes, data is the new oil and China is the new OPEC.

But a new report released on July 16 suggests that the staggering amount of data generated by China’s 1.4 billion population may not be as big an advantage in the global AI competition as it was thought to be.