Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development

AI is being encouraged across the Chinese economy as a way to promote growth. AI is being encouraged across the Chinese economy as a way to promote growth. China Analysis Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development Rebecca Bailey China correspondent Beijing believes slowdown calls aim to lock in US advantage, and is pursuing a different balance between safety and pace

About two years ago, education entrepreneur Boris But had what he calls a “penny-drop moment” – that, like countless others in China , his company needed to embrace AI before it was made obsolete by it.

His clients, well-off parents looking to send their children to study overseas, had begun arriving in his office reeling off information and opinions gleaned not from rival firms, but from chatbots.