AI ecosystems in China and US grow apart amid tech war
SCMP Tech / 5/6/2026
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Key Points
- China and the United States are increasingly diverging in how they develop AI, causing their technology ecosystems to become more misaligned amid an ongoing tech war.
- On April 24, startup DeepSeek showcased its next-generation V4 AI models optimized for Huawei’s Ascend chips and related software tools.
- The Chinese approach reflects a long-running strategy of technological self-reliance, reaffirmed by the Communist Party’s Politburo.
- This policy-driven divergence is expected to reinforce different AI supply chains, standards, and partnerships on each side of the divide.
China and the United States are taking divergent paths to developing artificial intelligence (AI), putting their technology ecosystems increasingly at odds.
This divergence was on show on April 24 when start-up DeepSeek launched its next-generation V4 AI models that were optimised for use with the Ascend chips and associated software tools of tech giant Huawei Technologies.
China has for years been pursuing technological self-reliance, a policy reiterated by the Communist Party’s Politburo at...
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