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Yes, China is probably outspending the US in AI—but not on defense

MIT Technology Review

December 5, 2019

The article references a recent CSET report by Zachary Arnold and Ashwin Acharya. “The researchers have high confidence that their analysis at least confirms that China’s spending is nowhere near existing claims.”

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China observers estimate that Beijing’s AI R&D spending outstrips that of the United States. This article from MIT Technology Review cites a CSET report by Zachary Arnold and Ashwin Acharya to make the case that Chinese spending may be lower than expected: “The researchers have high confidence that their analysis at least confirms that China’s spending is nowhere near existing claims.”

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Chinese Public AI R&D Spending: Provisional Findings

 December 2019

China aims to become “the world’s primary AI innovation center” by 2030. Toward that end, the Chinese government is spending heavily on AI research and development (R&D)—but perhaps not as heavily as some have thought. This memo provides a provisional, open-source estimate of China’s spending.

China may be spending far less on AI research than previously thought, US think tank says

 December 2019

"Reports of China’s expenditure on AI may be overblown,” finds a recent CSET report by Zachary Arnold and Ashwin Acharya. China "has probably not been dramatically outspending the US government on AI R&D since it unveiled the national plan."

AI Policy and China – Realities of State-led Development

 October 2019

CSET’s Helen Toner, Lorand Laskai and Jeff Ding contributed to a special report by DigiChina, a joint Stanford University and New America project.