With DeepSeek, China innovates and the US imitates
Money doesn’t solve all problems, but $37.4 billion should solve a few.
That was what Microsoft and Meta have in combined capital spending in the December-ended quarter.
The expenditures were higher than what Wall Street had anticipated, not to mention nearly double from the same period the previous year.
The bulk of it is going to chips and data centers to power generative artificial intelligence services.
Wall Street Journal 29 January 2025
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-and-metas-ai-splurge-still-not-enough-for-nvidia-916daca2
The stereotypical image of China abroad may still be that of a state-subsidised, capital-intensive manufacturing economy that excels at churning out impressive low-cost hardware, such as smartphones, solar panels and electric vehicles.
But, in truth, China long ago emerged as a global software superpower, outstripping the west in ecommerce and digital financial services, and it has invested massively in AI, too.
John Thornhill Financial Times 30 January 2025
https://www.ft.com/content/d72e0750-6a8b-4ef4-b9e1-6d35fd2a69b8
America innovates, China replicates, Europe regulates
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2024/09/america-innovates-china-replicates.html
Tillbaka till Rolfs länktips 30 januari 2025
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