While Western focus is on Silicon Valley AI labs, China's practical application of the technology is presented as a potentially larger story. The Chinese leadership views AI as a key enabler for its economic goals.

<p>While American and international news coverage of AI tends to focus on a handful of Silicon Valley labs, China's more pragmatic approach to leveraging the technology could ultimately be the bigger story. What the Chinese leadership sees in the technology is nothing less than a master key for its economic ambitions.</p>