China, the European Union, and the United States have been in the news about strategic plans and policies on the future of AI. The July 2 AI Matters policy blog post was on the U.S. National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, released in June, as an update of the report by the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence of The National Science & Technology Council. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently released the AI Roadmap Website.
Now, a Center for Data Innovation Report compares the current standings of China, the European Union, and the United States and makes policy recommendations. Here is the report summary: “Many nations are racing to achieve a global innovation advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) because they understand that AI is a foundational technology that can boost competitiveness, increase productivity, protect national security, and help solve societal challenges. This report compares China, the European Union, and the United States in terms of their relative standing in the AI economy by examining six categories of metrics—talent, research, development, adoption, data, and hardware. It finds that despite China’s bold AI initiative, the United States still leads in absolute terms. China comes in second, and the European Union lags further behind. This order could change in coming years as China appears to be making more rapid progress than either the United States or the European Union. Nonetheless, when controlling for the size of the labor force in the three regions, the current U.S. lead becomes even larger, while China drops to third place, behind the European Union. This report also offers a range of policy recommendations to help each nation or region improve its AI capabilities.”