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China ‘can never get ahead’ of US in AI, Bessent says in advance of Xi’s visit

South China Morning Post 08 September 2026 9h ago
China ‘can never get ahead’ of US in AI, Bessent says in advance of Xi’s visit
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that China “can never get ahead” of America in artificial intelligence, in part due to its “central planning”, as three government agencies accused Beijing of maliciously copying technology from its leading firms. “The technical word for stealing and copying American AI models is distillation. So, the Chinese distil our models and they can never get ahea
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