U.S. wants Asia to use its AI, but China dominates cheaper models
The U.S. is attempting to promote its AI technology in Asia, but faces stiff competition from cheaper, rapidly advancing Chinese AI models. Despite U.S. efforts to export its tech stack, adoption has been slower than expected.
Why it matters
The competition for AI dominance in Asia represents a major front in the ongoing technological and economic rivalry between the U.S. and China.
BEIJING — The artificial intelligence race between the U.S. and China is heating up in the world's largest continent: Asia.
"The American strategy is to stop China from becoming the leading AI supplier for the rest of Asia ... and frankly the whole world," said Gary Dvorchak, managing director at The Blueshirt Group. While China's alternatives are cheaper, he pointed out the U.S. currently offers a more complete solution from chips to AI models.
But the U.S. sales challenge was apparent at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation "Digital Weeks" in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu this month.
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