The US is ahead on AI, but the brink is now.
Hanna Ziady 24. "Months count in the race to stay ahead of China on AI, says US senator". CNN. 1-16-2024. https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/tech/davos-ai-us-china-chip-exports/index.html
The United States measures its lead over competitors in artificial intelligence in “months,” according to a lawmaker, highlighting the intense rivalry between nations to dominate a technology poised to transform the global economy.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland Tuesday, Republican Senator Mike Rounds said the Biden administration’s decision to tighten controls on exports of advanced AI chips to China had bought the United States “a few more months” to maintain its competitive edge.
“It is so sensitive to us that we remain a leader in terms of the high-speed technology available in the most advanced chips that we measure our spread from us versus our near-peer adversaries in… months,” he said. “How many months ahead do we believe we are in the development of AI capabilities?”
Rounds added that restricting the availability of cutting-edge chips meant slowing down technological development in other countries “while we proceed as best we can to maintain our competitive edge.”