When Nations Vie for AI Supremacy - InformationWeek

When it comes to the world of "big data", whoever has the most data has an advantage. And whoever has the most and best data scientists with the best tools to crunch that data usefully, build on that advantage. That's a key reason CIOs now look at all the data their companies collect and enlist data scientists and new tools to try to wring competitive advantage from what they learn. Entire economic blocs and countries are also upping the investment ante as they seek to slake their thirst for data and the riches machine learning and other AI technologies can bring. For example, the European Union's Digital Market Commission in April said it would increase its artificial intelligence R&D spending to $1.8 billion.