China Narrows AI Gap With U.S. as Tech Giants Accelerate Development
China's AI capabilities are now trailing U.S. advancements by mere months, according to DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Alibaba, Moonshot AI, Zhipu, and breakthrough performers like DeepSeek demonstrate how Chinese models achieve parity with Western counterparts—even under chip constraints.
Where China still lags is in foundational innovation. Hassabis notes inventing transformative architectures like Google's Transformer remains the true test. "Copying is easy," he observes. "Creating what comes next? That's where global leadership is decided."