HANNA DOHMEN is a Senior Research Analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology and a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Yet while the U.S. appears to focus on powerful yet proprietary large language models, enterprise AI, and semiconductors, China is taking a vastly different approach to cultivating its AI industry.

China's free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US closed-source systems July 9, 2024, may be remembered as a day of humiliation for China's artificial intelligence community.

U.S. AI models still control over 70 percent of the market, but a collaborative, open source approach has enabled Chinese labs to punch far above their weight.

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Coder, an open-source artificial intelligence model for software development that the Chinese e-commerce giant described as its most advanced coding tool to date.

At the Beijing Expo, Jensen Huang also announced plans for a new chip for Chinese clients that is designed for robotics and smart factories.

The company also launched a command-line tool based on Gemini Code, optimized for agentic coding and compatible with popular developer tools.

Despite the focus on expansion, the plan does mention the importance of "defending against misuse and preparing for future AI-related risks."