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The US AI Lead Over China Is Just 6–9 Months — And Anthropic Says Washington's Own Rules Could Shrink It

The US AI Lead Over China Is Just 6–9 Months — And Anthropic Says Washington's Own Rules Could Shrink It

The US AI Lead Over China Is Just 6–9 Months — And Anthropic Says Washington's Own Rules Could Shrink It At the Aspen Security Forum in mid-July 2026, a senior Anthropic executive put a number on the US–China AI race: America leads by roughly six to

DeepSeek Is Building Its Own AI Chip — Why a $52B Startup Chose Inference, Not Nvidia's Fight

DeepSeek Is Building Its Own AI Chip — Why a $52B Startup Chose Inference, Not Nvidia's Fight

On July 7, 2026, Reuters reported that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is quietly designing its own AI chip. The detail that matters is what kind: an inference chip, not a training chip. That single choice tells you almost everything about the strategy — a $52–59 billion company picking the one

How Close Is China to US AI? A 2.7-Point Gap on 23x Less Money

How Close Is China to US AI? A 2.7-Point Gap on 23x Less Money

The gap between the best US and best Chinese AI models has narrowed from roughly 30 points in 2023 to about 2.7 percentage points in 2026, according to Stanford's AI Index — and China closed most of that distance while spending an estimated 23 times less on AI.