NVIDIA CEO says China 'not lagging behind' US in AI, gap between the two countries very small

According to the U.S. Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), Bloomberg reported, the U.S. NVIDIA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jen-Hsun Huang local time on Wednesday (April 30), said China in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) "not behind" the United States, and the gap between the two countries in the field is very small. Huang made the statement while attending a science and technology conference in Washington, D.C., the report said. On the same day, a reporter asked the question, "How much does China lag behind the U.S. in the field of AI?" In response to the question, Huang said, "China is not behind (us)." The reporter asked, "Are they ahead of you?" To which Jen-Hsun Huang said, "China is right behind us and we are very, very close. Remember, this is a long, infinite race." He then reminded reporters that China has strong technological capabilities, and that "the 50% AI researchers in the world are Chinese." (GlobeNewswire)