Why it will be a mistake to ignore GenAI lessons coming from China

The Chinese borrowed liberally from research in the West. For India, that's a good path to follow, while learning from Chinese developments, without compromising security in any way

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and startups often hog the limelight when it comes to technology discussions in India. This is why much of today’s commentary is concentrated on the battle for Generative AI (GenAI) supremacy — and by extension, the race for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) — in the US, to the exclusion of what is happening in other countries. While the French startup Mistral has received some attention because of Microsoft’s investment of late, the developments in China are either ignored or receive only limited attention.

This is a mistake. There is plenty of evidence that the