China, which pledged $8.5B for young AI startups in April, is taking an industrial policy approach to help its AI companies close the gap with those in the US
Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States. Bluesky: @patrickmccray and @justinhendrix X: @zephyr_z9 , @drorpoleg , @amfchina , and @kyleichan . Forums: r/worldnews Bluesky: Patrick McCray / @patrickmccray : As DT and the GOP slash federal funding for science, China is taking the opposite approach via state investment and industrial policy — www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/t... Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : “The Chinese government has spent a decade funneling resources toward becoming an A.I. superpower, using the same strategy it used to dominate the electric vehicle and solar power industries.” X: @zephyr_z9 : Would love to see $40B-$50B going to Deepseek, Moonshot, Zhipu, Stepfun Dror Poleg / @drorpoleg : “China has created data resources that contain approved information for companies to use to train their A.I. systems, like one based on state media articles that is called ‘the mainstream values corpus.’” https://www.nytimes.com/... Andreas Fulda / @amfchina : If the Chinese Communist Party develops Artificial General Intelligence before the United States it's game over for democracies. #AGI would give the CCP a massive military and economic advantage and cement its grip on power. The stakes couldn't be higher. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kyle Chan / @kyleichan : “China is applying state support across the entire A.I. tech stack, from chips and data centers down to energy,” said Kyle Chan, an adjunct researcher at the RAND Corporation, a think tank. https://www.nytimes.com/... Forums: r/worldnews : China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower