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AI Around the Globe: China — The World's Second AI Superpower Is Building a Parallel Stack
China did not respond to being cut off from the world's most advanced AI chips by falling behind. It built an entirely parallel stack — its own chips, its own models, its own regulation — and is now setting the pace the rest of the world reacts to.
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