How the U.S. and China can compete and cooperate on artificial intelligence

A PwC report estimates that by 2030, 70 percent of the profits generated by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will be shared between the U.S. and China. While the two countries compete to develop the most advanced AI applications, there are also many opportunities for cooperation to mitigate the technology's potential risks. On March 12, The Center for Technology Innovation hosted a panel discussion where Brookings scholars Darrell West, Nicol Turner-Lee, and Ryan Haas were joined by Robb Gordon, the chief counsel and director of Intel's China legal team. The panel examined how the two nations have deployed artificial intelligence technologies so far and how they plan to use them in the future. China hopes to become a global leader in AI in the next decade, and has committed to investing $150 billion to achieve this goal.