China vs U.S.: AI Race Takes Diverging Paths, Expert Reveals

The battle for AI supremacy just got a major plot twist! While Elon Musk's Grok 3 chatbot made headlines, Chinese AI expert Tian Feng tells CGTN the real story is about two competing visions: America's cash-fueled moonshots vs China's efficiency-driven pragmatism.

U.S. Bets Big on Power & Prestige

With Wall Street money and cutting-edge chips, U.S. firms like OpenAI pursue 'innovation at any cost.' Think Avengers-level budgets for ever-bigger models – but is this sustainable long-term?

China Plays the Efficiency Game

Meet DeepSeek – China's answer to GPT-4. Trained at 1/10 the cost of its U.S. counterpart, this open-source champ is making AI accessible through:
Ultra-optimized training
Free commercial use licensing
A developer community growing faster than TikTok trends

Secret Weapon: Manufacturing Muscle

While Tesla gets data from gigafactories, China's entire industrial ecosystem could become an AI testing ground. Tian notes: 'No scale, no intelligence' – and with 100x more industrial diversity than the U.S., China's playing 4D chess.

Two Roads to the Future

1. American Approach: Premium models for elite applications
2. Chinese Strategy: Affordable AI for mass adoption

Which path will dominate? With computing costs predicted to drop 10x within a year, the efficiency revolution might just reshape the tech world map.

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Grok 3 reveals China-U.S. AI divide, says expert

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