America builds AI, China uses it. That gap may decide the future
· Source: scmp.com
In short
The United States still leads in AI research and private investment, with over US$109 billion invested in 2024, nearly 12 times China's total. However, China is rapidly overtaking the US in large-scale AI deployment, with over 600 million registered generative AI users and hundreds of models deployed across real-world industries like logistics and healthcare. The article argues that the key competitive edge lies not in building AI but in implementing it at scale, where China is reorganising entire systems around AI while the US often layers AI onto aging infrastructure.
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Tags: logistics, AI adoption, US-China, implementation, trucking, infrastructure