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Will China lead the world in AI by 2030?

The country’s artificial-intelligence research is growing in quality, but the field still plays catch up to the United States in terms of high-impact papers, people and ethics.
  1. Sarah O’Meara
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China not only has the world’s largest population and looks set to become the largest economy — it also wants to lead the world when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI).

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Nature 572, 427-428 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02360-7

Additional research by Kevin Schoenmakers.

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  1. Liang, H. et al. Nature Med. 25, 433–438 (2019).

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