Who is winning the artificial intelligence race?

In a recent talk at Stanford, Kai-Fu Lee says China has taken the lead. Lee is a venture capitalist and author of "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order." Who's winning the worldwide competition to develop and exploit artificial intelligence? Not the U.S., says Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist and author of AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order. Although researchers and tech companies in the U.S. hold the lion's share of AI patents and are responsible for key breakthroughs in the field, the game has changed, and China is taking the lead.