Investment Key to China Closing AI Gap With U.S., SenseTime Executive Says

In the race for superiority in artificial intelligence (AI), the U.S. has about 10 times the computing power of China, but that gap can be narrowed with substantial investment, according to an executive of a leading Chinese AI firm.

While the U.S. benefits from its vast number of high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs), China is rapidly advancing its domestic chip technology, said Xu Bing, co-founder of SenseTime Group Inc. during a panel Wednesday at the Beyond Expo 2024 in Macao.