If there is a single technology America needs to bring about the \u201cthrilling new era of national success\u201d that President Donald Trump promised in his inauguration speech, it is generative artificial intelligence. At the very least,\u00a0ai<\/small>\u00a0will add to the next decade\u2019s productivity gains, fuelling economic growth. At the most, it will power humanity through a transformation comparable to the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Trump\u2019s hosting the next day of the launch of \u201cthe largest\u00a0ai<\/small>\u00a0infrastructure project in history\u201d shows he grasps the potential. But so does the rest of the world\u2014and most of all, China. Even as Mr Trump was giving his inaugural oration, a Chinese firm released the latest impressive large language model (LLM<\/small>). Suddenly,\u00a0America\u2019s lead over China in\u00a0ai<\/small><\/a>\u00a0looks smaller than at any time since ChatGPT<\/small>\u00a0became famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China\u2019s catch-up is startling because it had been so far behind\u2014and because America had set out to slow it down. Joe Biden\u2019s administration feared that advanced\u00a0ai<\/small>\u00a0could secure the Chinese Communist Party (CCP<\/small>) military supremacy. So America has curtailed exports to China of the best chips for training\u00a0ai\u00a0<\/small>and cut off China\u2019s access to many of the machines needed to make substitutes. Behind its protective wall, Silicon Valley has swaggered. Chinese researchers devour American papers on\u00a0ai<\/small>; Americans have rarely returned the compliment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> The success of China\u2019s large language models could turn the economics of AI on its head. America must prepare for a world in which China is breathing down its neck https:\/\/t.co\/RGElwLsoIN<\/a> 👇<\/p>— The Economist (@TheEconomist) January 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>