President Trump claimed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping told him he was “surprised” by US advancements in artificial intelligence.
“We are leading China by a lot in the AI race,” Trump told Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier.
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“If we’re smart, we’re going to win it. If we’re not smart, we’re not. But we’re leading by a lot,” he added.
“We talked about that [Thursday] night. President Xi was very surprised at how well we’ve done with AI, because they thought, you know, when it started, they took this gigantic lead, and we now, we are substantially ahead of them in AI.”
