China overtakes US in AI research

US has also fallen behind according to National Security Commission on AI One of the key takeaway messages of Stanford’s 2021 AI Index Report was that China has overtaken the US in the number of research citations in scientific journals for AI research again this year. This is a reasonably robust indicator that the country has devoted more funding to research than the US, although the US is still ahead in the total number of conference paper citations. Findings by the National Security Commission on AI in a report published in March echo these findings suggesting China is closing the gap and will achieve parity soon without additional funding.