Afghanistan, July 27 -- Elon Musk's assessment of China's AI capabilities has added fresh weight to a question shaping the global technology race: can Beijing overtake Washington in artificial intelligence?
Elon Musk has said China could overtake the United States in artificial intelligence, arguing that access to computing power, electricity, advanced chips and industrial capacity could determine which country leads the global AI race.
Musk made the remarks during a conversation with The Economist Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, where he discussed the factors shaping competition between the United States and China in artificial intelligence.
"Given that the Chinese AI companies are doing as well as they are with a relatively small...