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The AI arms race

The growing competition between the US and China in deep-tech fields such as artificial intelligence and machine learning will have an impact on the contest for military superiority, the international trading system and the ruling Chinese Communist party

Washington unnerved by China’s ‘military-civil fusion’
The US is trying to prevent the transfer of AI-powered dual-use technologies that can be adapted for weapons
The Chinese Communist party entangles big tech
By making new technology a priority, Beijing is placing a large bet on a small group of private sector companies
The threat of Chinese ‘military-civil fusion’
The tech fear behind Donald Trump’s trade war with China
America’s anxiety about Chinese technological prowess is reflected in Washington where politicians are rethinking their attitudes to foreign investment
China and US compete to dominate big data
Beijing plans to be the world leader in the technology by 2030. The contest will come down to who can better manipulate the data
Podcast: China and the US fight for AI supremacy

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