China has reduced its AI development gap with the US to a few months DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis believes that Chinese AI models are only a few months behind their American counterparts. He noted that Chinese developers have significantly narrowed the gap, but the key question is whether they are capable of offering breakthrough innovations, rather than simply catching up with existing technologies. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledges China's progress in creating models, but points out that the US remains the leader in the development of key chips. The Chinese IT industry, for example Alibaba, estimates the chances of overtaking the US in the next 3-5 years at no more than 20%, citing the significant superiority of American computing infrastructure. Hassabis believes that the main limitation for China is mental: breakthroughs require pioneering scientists, not just engineers. "Inventing something is 100 times more difficult than copying it," he concludes.
