China leads US in share of elite AI researchers, Carnegie China study says
China employed 41 per cent of the leading artificial-intelligence researchers tracked by a Carnegie China study last year, compared with 34 per cent in the United States, the South China Morning Post reports. The figures suggest a shift in where top AI researchers are choosing to develop their careers.
China employed a larger share of the world’s leading artificial-intelligence researchers than the United States last year, according to a study released by the think tank Carnegie China and reported by the South China Morning Post. The study found that China accounted for 41 per cent of the elite AI researchers it tracked, compared with 34 per cent for the United States. On those figures, China moved ahead of the US as the leading workplace for the researchers covered by the analysis.
The report says a growing number of top researchers are choosing to remain in China to build their careers, rather than moving to Silicon Valley. It presents that shift as contributing to China’s stronger position in the study’s results. The supplied material does not identify the researchers included, explain how “elite” or “leading” researchers were defined, or state the total number tracked.
It also does not provide a breakdown by employer, city, nationality or research speciality. The figures therefore describe the distribution recorded by the Carnegie China study, rather than the entire global AI workforce. The available report does not include a response from US or Chinese officials, technology companies or universities.
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