Culture Challenges Slow Chinese AI Adoption Behind US Peers
Former OpenAI executive Zack Kass observes that traditional corporate cultures and hierarchies are slowing AI adoption in China's companies. He notes that while Chinese consumers are embracing AI rapidly, the tech-centric corporate model seen in the US is often lacking.
Traditional corporate culture and hierarchies are slowing down artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises, leaving them trailing their US peers, even as China’s savvy consumers embrace AI agents at a breakneck pace, says Zack Kass, former head of go-to-market at OpenAI. China has a very “techno-centric consumer”, while the US has a very “techno-centric enterprise”, Kass told the South China Morning Post in a recent interview. Highlighting this contrast, Kass said typical Chinese...