The China-US AI gap narrows to around three months from more than a year previously, CLSA’s head of technology research says

The China-US AI gap has narrowed to around three months from more than a year, thanks in part to the influx of AI talent, fast technology iteration and a boom in AI applications on the mainland, said Tony Zhang, head of China technology research at CLSA, in a media briefing on Tuesday.

While Chinese companies face a shortage of high-performance processors for their AI projects because of geopolitical issues, the technology’s development has not been hindered by that constraint, according to Zhang.

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