China To Challenge US Leadership In AI? Not So Fast

There have been a lot of discussions on China's rising prowess in artificial intelligence, on how the Chinese are catching up or even surpassing the U.S. in leading the world's most important future technology trend. The concerns are so real that the U.S. government is reportedly looking to strengthen scrutiny of Chinese investments in American AI companies. But according to a new report issued by Tencent Research Institute, the U.S. is still firmly in a leadership position in the infrastructure, technology, hardware, data and applications of AI. The chance of Chinese companies challenging America's absolute leadership in AI is currently rather small and limited to only a few areas. For starters, there are many more American AI companies than Chinese ones.