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China is leading the global AI race

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Eurasia 26/10/2023 21:48

Although the United States is doing everything it can to contain and slow down China's development, it seems that it will no longer be able to do so in the field of artificial intelligence.

As Zhou Xin, senior vice president for public affairs at artificial intelligence-driven molecular imaging company Evomics Medical wrote in an opinion piece published on Nikkei Asia, China created its industrial AI policy seven years ago, long before the U.S. government came up with any kind of AI overview.

Moreover, in August, Beijing authorized the public release of new generative AI services from a wide range of companies including Huawei, ByteDance and Tencent. There are now more major technology companies in China offering their own advanced chatbots than in the U.S.

Most importantly, Beijing is already engaged in embedding AI throughout China's social infrastructure. Chatbots now generate calls from public service centers. Public parking lots are managed by smart systems without a need for human attendants. Hospital and other public facilities have their own AI systems to deal with the public.

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According to Zhou Xin, China's bureaucracy was infamous for its inefficiency, but AI could change that too. „AI has not just increased the efficiency of public services, but it has also put officials under technological supervision, undermining their leeway to seek bribes.”

„No matter how tight U.S. export controls get in the future, AI is already taking over in China. It is transforming Asia's largest economy despite the Biden administration's best efforts. If the U.S. does not want to fall behind China in the AI race, it is America that will have to change”, Zhou Xin concluded.

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AI has also been playing a crucial role in the new stage of hypersonic arms race. China has developed a new surface material for hypersonic vehicles that can remain intact after a long flight,scientists involved in the project announced, South China Morning Post reported.

This technology was previously thought impossible.

In a test conducted by the Chinese military, the thin material was applied to the surface of a “waverider” aircraft – which uses shock waves generated by its own flight to improve lift. The air around the hypersonic aircraft was then heated to thousands of degrees Celsius.

The smooth, non-ablative surface not only kept critical components inside the aircraft cool, but allowed wireless signals to go in and out freely, making target identification and communication possible throughout the flight, according to analysis of telemetry data.

Such new thermal protection technology could help in the development of another generation of reusable hypersonic vehicles with longer range and faster speed, and constantly break through the boundary of flying.

Nasa and the U.S. military have launched numerous projects in the past to develop hypersonic vehicles that could make long-distance flights regularly. After some failure these projects were cancelled.

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China is leading the global AI race

Although the United States is doing everything it can to contain and slow down China's development, it seems that it will no longer be able to do so in the field of artificial intelligence.

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