Chinese AI scientists dominating field, Beijing's message to Brics: SCMP daily highlights
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to slam an additional 10 per cent tariffs on countries supporting what he calls 'anti-American policies' after the leaders of Brics nations condemned unilateral tariffs.
When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in China next week for his second official visit, he will have more than the typical diplomatic niceties to discuss with President Xi Jinping.
A joint study by a United Nations organisation and Shenzhen-based Dongbi Data has found that the majority of the world's smartest AI scientists hail from China. Photo: Xinhua
A study of nearly 200,000 researchers and 100,000 high-impact papers has revealed that the vast majority of the world's top 100 brains in the field of artificial intelligence are of Chinese origin.
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