Why China's AI Strategy Just Might Work — With Grace Shao
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That's Akash.network slash Alex for a free consultation. Was DeepSeek an outlier or a sign that China's AI industry is a force to be reckoned with and a potential global leader in artificial intelligence? We'll talk about it with a leading China analyst right after this. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond. You asked for it, we're delivering a China episode all about China's AI positioning, how competitive the country is in AI, whether Deep Seek was an outlier and what might be coming next.
It's a show that we've been looking forward to doing for a while and very happy to be bringing to you today. And we're joined by a great guest. Hong Kong-based writer and analyst Grace Shao is here. She's the author of AI Proim on Substack and is here to share with us everything that's going on in China and all the context that's been missing from the headlines. So Grace, great to see you.
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