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China’s talent and infrastructure are strengths in AI race with US, experts say
- China’s innovative work force and speedy infrastructure development are key strengths, experts told a forum
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China’s ability to develop infrastructure quickly and boost its talent pool can help the nation compete with the United States in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race, industry experts said on Thursday at the China Conference organised by the South China Morning Post.
While Chinese tech giants are unable to match their American counterparts in terms of budget and access to advanced AI chips designed by industry leader Nvidia, speedy infrastructure development on the mainland has provided a more robust foundation for AI training and inference than in the US, according to Henry He, executive director and chief financial officer at Beijing-based computing platform Kingsoft Cloud.
“When you’re looking at China, the infrastructure – especially the computing power – the network today is actually doing much better even than one or two years ago,” He said.
The determination of China’s tech workers is another competitive advantage for the country’s AI companies, according to Maryann Tseng, senior managing director of strategic investment at SenseTime, one of the mainland’s AI pioneers.
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