By @iTnews_au
Publication Date: 2026-01-11 16:28:00
China can narrow its technological gap with the United States by increasing risk-taking and innovation, although a lack of advanced chip-making tools is hampering the sector, the country’s top artificial intelligence researchers said.
China’s so-called “AI tiger” startups MiniMax and Zhipu AI had strong debuts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week, reflecting growing confidence in the sector as “Beijing accelerates AI and chip listings to bolster domestic alternatives to advanced US technology.”
Yao Shunyu, a former senior researcher at ChatGPT maker OpenAI, who…