Experts emphasize how much China is focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic technology. The successes achieved are remarkable.
• China scores with LLM applications
• Alibaba AI is very popular
• China still faces challenges
According to industry experts, Chinese AI models are keeping pace with those of the United States in terms of performance – and in some cases even surpassing them, CNBC reports. Open technologies and a strong focus on proprietary hardware and software solutions would play a key role.
China’s progress in large language models
In this context, CNBC reports that Chinese companies are developing so-called Large Language Models (LLMs), which enable applications such as chatbots and are trained on huge amounts of data. In contrast to the mostly closed models of US companies such as OpenAI, China relies on open source technologies. These enable developers worldwide to use and adapt models like Alibaba’s “Qwen” for free.
According to the Hugging Face platform, Qwen is one of the most used AI models, thanks to its outstanding performance and a flexible license structure. The startup DeepSeek is also causing a stir with its “DeepSeek-R1” model, which competes with established solutions from OpenAI, as CNBC reports.
Open technologies as a global advantage
China’s open source approach not only drives innovation, but also promotes the international spread of Chinese models, as Paul Triolo from the DGA Group explains in this context: “Chinese companies would like to see their models used outside of China. That’s why “This is definitely an opportunity for companies to become global players in the AI space,” quoted in CNBC.
China’s Ambitions and Risks
According to experts, Chinese companies seem to recognize the strategic importance of LLMs: China would view these models as the basis of future technologies and business areas. Applications developed could shape entire digital ecosystems, similar to how operating systems like Windows or Android have done.
However, there are challenges: training AI models would require immense computing power, for which advanced chips like those from NVIDIA are crucial. US export restrictions would make access to high-performance chips more difficult. To overcome this hurdle, Chinese companies are increasingly relying on domestic alternatives, such as chips from Huawei, Baidu and Alibaba, as CNBC reports.
China’s advances in AI demonstrate a remarkable combination of technological innovation and geopolitical pragmatism, experts say. While the USA is counteracting this with export restrictions, China is investing heavily in independent infrastructure. The race for supremacy in artificial intelligence is not only a technological one, but also an economic and geopolitical one – the outcome of which could well influence the global power structure.
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