China's tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House

The Moonshot AI stand at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July. The Moonshot AI stand at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July. China's tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House O ver the past month, a series of advancements in China's artificial intelligence, chip manufacturing and robotics technologies have rattled financial markets, caused divisions among US tech moguls and left the Trump administration scrambling to respond. Silicon Valley has long pointed to China's tech industry as a competitive threat and used its growth as rationale for why US firms should not face regulatory oversight that could slow them down. In recent weeks, however, China's progress has pushed US tech CEOs past vague warnings and into open disagreement over how to address Chinese-made products upending their industry.