Odd Lots: Grace Shao on How Chinese AI is Different (Podcast)

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Chinese AI industry has evolved with companies like Baidu developing full-stack AI capabilities including chips, models, and cloud infrastructure amidst restrictions on advanced chip access, influencing technology markets.

China’s AI industry has changed a lot since DeepSeek released its cheap frontier model last year, and briefly sent US tech stocks falling. After being locked out of the most advanced chips, Chinese companies are now allowed to buy some Nvidia H200s. In fact, many of the big Chinese tech companies — like Baidu — are making a push to become full-stack players, with their own chips, models, and cloud infrastructure. Today’s guest is Grace Shao, an independent AI researcher and the author of the AI