{"id":823295,"date":"2026-07-24T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823295\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:15:14","slug":"more-americans-think-china-is-world-leader-in-ai-new-survey-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823295\/","title":{"rendered":"More Americans think China is world leader in AI, new survey reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than one-third of Americans see China, and not the United States, as the global leader in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/artificial-intelligence?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a>, according to a Pew Research Centre survey released on Thursday, as US President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/donald-trump?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> confirmed the technology would be on the agenda when his Chinese counterpart visits the US later this year.The survey found that 36 per cent of Americans believe <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">China<\/a> is more advanced than the United States in developing artificial intelligence. By comparison, only 12 per cent say the US is leading the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3361050\/why-data-may-become-chinas-most-durable-advantage-ai-race?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI race<\/a>, while 18 per cent view the two countries as equally advanced. Another 33 per cent were unsure which nation is ahead.The perception also cut across party lines, with 30 per cent of Republicans and 43 per cent of Democrats saying China is ahead of the US in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-war\/article\/3361142\/why-chinas-open-weight-ai-model-kimi-k3-sparking-anxiety-silicon-valley?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI advancement<\/a>. Republicans, however, were more likely than Democrats to view the US as the leader, with 17 per cent holding that view compared with nine per cent of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The findings come against the backdrop of an accelerating AI race between Washington and Beijing, underscoring anxieties in the US that China is quickly eroding America\u2019s technological edge by leveraging the capabilities of its top companies and gaining access to restricted advanced semiconductor chips.<\/p>\n<p>Trump touted the US\u2019 lead over China in AI in Washington on Thursday, saying \u201cwhoever wins that race is probably going to win. Period\u201d as he discussed America\u2019s goal to \u201cdominate the future\u201d and confirmed AI would be on the agenda when he next meets with Chinese President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/xi-jinping?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xi Jinping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Xi Jinping calls for \u2018openness\u2019 in AI development amid US accusations<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe\u2019re leading China. We want to keep it that way. President Xi is coming over on September 24th, and we talked about it when I was over in Beijing, and we\u2019ll be talking about it again,\u201d said Trump, claiming Xi was impressed with the US\u2019 advances in AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than one-third of Americans see China, and not the United States, as the global leader in artificial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,5806,45,49,48,95,46,15674,890,44,927,22429,457,61,182,3275],"class_list":["post-823295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-asia","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-china","tag-economy","tag-hong-kong","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-opinion","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-sport","tag-technology","tag-us","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}