It’s a two horse race for global AI dominance
August 6, 2025 - In the U.S. and China, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as vital to national interests, an indication of which can be seen by looking at the number of global AI patents being filed.
In both the United States and China, Artificial
Intelligence (AI) is seen as vital to the economy, political landscape
and national defence – and as a way of exerting soft power abroad.
To that end, China, faced with a ban on access to advanced U.S.
microprocessors, has been forced to adapt and use less computing power
to achieve the same goals as its rival.
But perhaps most importantly, China has embraced open-source standards,
making its AI models available for free to anybody in the world to use
as they see fit – a far cry from America’s hugely expensive enterprises
from the likes of OpenAI, that can charge hundreds of dollars a month to
access its models.
An indication of the U.S. and China’s leadership and rivalry can be
found by looking at the number of patents filed globally over the past
10 years in the field of generative AI – the top 10 applicants of which
are all American or Chinese.
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