US has ‘modest’ lead over China in artificial intelligence but gap has narrowed, American think tank says

Beijing’s focus on AI and the advantage of having a vast population for big data sets is helping the country catch up, according to Rand report. America has the edge in advanced semiconductors, but there is ‘no room for complacency’. — SCMP

The United States had a “modest” lead over China in artificial intelligence as of early this year, mainly because of its edge in the advanced semiconductor sector, according to a US policy think tank.

But Beijing’s continued focus on developing AI combined with the country’s vast population had substantially narrowed the gap, the Rand Corporation said in a report.