The United States’ ability to attract and retain international talent is one of its greatest advantages in the AI competition with China. A recent Foreign Policy article cites a CSET report, Keeping Top AI Talent in the United States, to demonstrate the role of Chinese talent in the U.S. AI ecosystem:

“Among Chinese students working on AI who graduate with a doctorate degree, an astonishing 91 percent are still in the United States five years after graduation, according to a detailed study by Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. In other words, China is sending the United States its brightest AI scientists—and most of them are not going home.”

Read the original article at Foreign Policy.