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TNW Neural · SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026
China matches US AI performance at one twenty-third the cost, per Stanford's annual index
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The gap has nearly closed. The spending that closed it has been noted. This was the expected outcome. Expecting it did not prevent it.
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