China’s AI push is a trade story

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China is focusing on embedding artificial intelligence into its manufacturing, logistics, transport, and industrial sectors to improve efficiency and competitiveness. The key competitive edge may lie not in the smartest AI models but in how effectively intelligence is integrated into operational infrastructure.

The real AI contest may not be won by whoever builds the smartest model, but by whoever embeds intelligence fastest into factories, warehouses, terminals and transport fleets. Wolfgang Lehmacher explains.  Beijing is pushing to embed intelligence into manufacturing, logistics, transport, and industrial upgrading. The test is whether it can squeeze more out of freight, factories, …