Industry insiders and leading engineers suggest that China is at least a year behind the U.S. in generative AI and may be falling further behind. Chinese companies are under significant pressure to keep up with U.S. innovations. The AI models that Chinese companies build from scratch are often not very good, leading them to use fine-tuned versions of Western models. It is estimated that China is two to three years behind the U.S. in generative AI developments.
Key takeaways:
- Chinese tech firms, despite their efforts to dominate the field of generative A.I., are heavily reliant on underlying systems from the United States.
- A Chinese start-up, 01.AI, founded by Kai-Fu Lee, has built its A.I. system using technology from Meta's generative A.I. model, LLaMA.
- China is estimated to be at least a year behind the United States in generative A.I. developments, with some experts suggesting the gap could be two to three years.
- Chinese companies are under significant pressure to keep up with U.S. innovations in the field of A.I., with their own models built from scratch often not being very good.