The Potential Winners of the Global Artificial Intelligence Race

China has set an ambitious target of becoming the leader in this field by 2030 and transform AI work into an industry worth $150 billion. Beijing already recognizes that will take work. By 2020 the central government says the country will need to develop new AI theories and technologies in a fast-changing field, according to the Chinese State Council. By 2025, China's industries should be transformed by breakthroughs in AI, while the following five years will seal the country's status as a world leader in the technology.