Is China in the driver's seat when it comes to AI?

In the battle of technology innovation between East and West, artificial intelligence (AI) is on the frontline. And China's influence is growing. AI is seen as a key to unlocking big data and the Internet of Things. It allows us to make better decisions faster, and will soon enable smarter cities, self-driving cars, personalized medicines and other new commercial applications to potentially help solve various global problems. The AI field is going through a time of rapid progress, with improvements in processor design and advances in machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing.