Posted 3/3/2024, 8:29:04 AM
China Ramps Up AI Investment Ahead of Key Policy Meetings
- China's economic planning chief visits AI companies ahead of "two sessions" political meetings where tech is an important topic
- China has made advances in AI but lags countries like the US in critical areas like chips due to export controls
- Chinese officials recognize the computing power gap with the US and are trying to boost domestic chip capabilities
- State-owned companies are partnering with tech firms to produce more AI chips domestically
- Massive new intelligent computing centers built by telecoms giants China Mobile and China Unicom to support AI development