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The New Space Race?

Some provocative thoughts on artificial intelligence, from a new Eurasia Group-Sinovation Ventures white paper on the future of AI in China: China has 3 times the number of mobile phone users as the United States, places 10 times more online food orders, and does 50 times the US volume in mobile payments. If AI is the most strategically important technology of the 21stcentury, and huge data sets are the key to mastering AI, will Beijing have an insurmountable advantage?

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