MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Global Competition With AI in Business: How China Differs

China’s momentum and challenges in artificial intelligence investments yield telling lessons for its worldwide observers.

China’s ambition in artificial intelligence is often framed as a tech rivalry between two important centers for digital innovation — the east coast of China and the U.S. West Coast. But this rivalry is an undercard for the main event: AI’s largest and most enduring contributions will be in non-technology sectors, as traditional companies unlock value in regions far away from Silicon Valley and the string of coastal cities that constitute China’s innovation corridor.