In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research - The New York Times
nearly 1/3 world AI talent is Chinese

In 2020, a study from the Paulson Institute, which promotes constructive ties between the United States and China, estimated that Chinese A.I. researchers accounted for nearly one-third of the world’s top A.I. talent. Most of those Chinese researchers worked for American companies and universities.

Just wish we would invest in our education system. When getting a PHD means incurring six figure debts into your 40s. No rational person would pursue it.


Quote Citation: https://www.nytimes.com/by/eli-tan, “In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research - The New York Times”, 2025-11-19, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/technology/ai-research-chinese-talent.html