The low-cost and open-source nature of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) products is accelerating their adoption, a key factor in the AI race that U.S. export controls currently do not address, according to a congressional advisory panel.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a paper on March 23 showing how China has gone “all in” with its open source strategy and how that has reinforced its industrial dominance in the sector despite U.S. leads in technological benchmarks.
“This has resulted in the acceleration of global uptake of Chinese AI and created a feedback loop where widespread adoption drives iteration, then further adoption,” the report reads….
Chinese AI Use Accelerating as US Export Controls Ignore ‘Real-World Deployment’: Congressional Commission

