The AI race: US leads at the frontier, but China is gaining ground in adoption | Merics
China is pushing cheap, adaptable AI as an alternative to proprietary US systems. But Wendy Chang and Olaf Schulz warn that these open-weight ...
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China pushes ahead with AI adoption and prepares for a possible jobs crisis | Merics
China's rapid deployment of AI makes it an important case study for other countries when monitoring the impact on employment.
China's AI competition strategy: Wide dispersion, cheap tokens | Merics
China's flagship AI company DeepSeek released its V4 model in April, with a promotional price that puts it at a mere fraction of the cost of its ...
Embodied AI : China's ambitious path to transform its robotics industry | Merics
Core policies envisage AI technologies and tools being diffused throughout society. China's big industrial robotics sector and lead in EVs gives it an ...
Science funding call provides insight into China's AI priorities | Merics
China is prioritizing the application of AI in scientific discovery. As Chinese policymakers see it, integrating AI with the real world should ...
China's next five-year bet on AI : Self-reliance, diffusion, and a lot of hype | Merics
Artificial Intelligence is set to be a key theme in the 15th Five-Year Plan. For Beijing, it is unlike any other general-purpose technology.
Domestic substitution in AI chips: China's big gamble | Merics
Because of US export controls on advanced semiconductors, Beijing is incentivizing data centers to use domestic chips even if these are less ...
High expectations for Chinese innovation, low expectations for relations with US and EU | Merics
China is in 2026 expected to make progress in key fields of science and technology – especially artificial intelligence ( AI ) – while its relations ...
China's “AI+” drive aims for integration across sectors: a wake-up call for Europe | Merics
The Chinese government has started a major push to spread the use of Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) widely across industries, schools and other public ...
China's drive toward self-reliance in artificial intelligence : from chips to large language models
China is pursuing self-reliance in artificial intelligence ( AI ) at every level of technology. It sees AI as strategic for national and economic ...
There's been a shift in US- China tech competition – and it's not good news for the rest of the world
US efforts to restrict AI take a knock as China's chipmakers eye foreign markets and Beijing grows more assertive, say Antonia Hmaidi and Rebecca ...
Peng Cheng Lab (鹏城实验室): Building advanced platforms and infrastructure for military-civil ...
China's national laboratory system plays a critical role in its AI progress , yet players like Peng Cheng Laboratory are hardly noticed in Europe.
China's “all-in-one” AI machines show an alternate path for dissemination of the technology
China is experiencing a notable rise in demand for “all-in-one” AI machines – integrated hardware and software packages with pre-loaded AI models.
China is willing to utilize its leverage in race to dominate AI | Merics
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) was affronted by a US announcement that anyone, anywhere, using Huawei's Ascend AI chips should be aware ...
MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker 01/2025
MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker 01/2025. Greater risks, greater confidence: China's new national security white paper.
China in 25: AI chips, national security and Chinese investments in Europe | Merics
In this podcast episode we discuss a new escalation between the US and China in the area of high-performance chips and artificial intelligence .
Despite Huawei's progress , Nvidia continues to dominate AI chips market in China | Merics
Huawei is ramping up its AI chip production but will be unable to meet the strong demand of China's booming AI sector any time soon.