Summary

Despite years of U.S. efforts to gain an edge over China in the AI race by restricting its access to the most advanced chips, one AI pioneer says America’s efforts have instead helped create a new generation of Chinese AI models that are quickly catching up to their American counterparts. Kai-Fu Lee, an AI entrepreneur and former president of Google China, said in a Fortune Daily interview that U.S. export restrictions on the most powerful American chips have shaped Chinese companies’ strategy of building competitive AI models with fewer resources.

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