China is “set up to hit grand slams,” longtime Chinese energy expert David Fishman told Fortune. “The U.S., at best, can get on base.”

In a surprising reversal of the United States’ years-long technology restrictions on China, President Donald Trump last month allowed Nvidia to resume sales of a key AI chip designed specifically for the Chinese market.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the United States may be underestimating China’s significant advances in artificial intelligence, warning that Washington’s technology restrictions are no impediment to that progress.

As some in the US agonize over the country's pace in the "AI race," it seems China is already standing at the podium.

The speed and popularity of DeepSeek’s models have challenged US incumbents such as OpenAI, and demonstrated how Chinese companies can make strides in artificial intelligence for seemingly a fraction of the cost.

Nvidia is developing a China-specific AI accelerator, tentatively called the B30A, that Reuters reported would sit between the H20, currently permitted for sale in China, and the flagship B300 in capa

Mr Altman pointed out that China's progress, particularly with open-source models like DeepSeek and Kimi K2, influenced OpenAIs decision to release its open-weight models

Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak asks Chinese AI companies what they think about the humans who will lose jobs to their AI products.