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US Information Technology & Innovation Foundation released the report,
‘How Innovative Is China in AI?’
On Aug. 26, 2024, the US Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released the report ‘How Innovative Is China in AI?’1) (https://itif.org/publications/2024/08/26/how-innovative-is-china-in-ai/)
While the US has been at the forefront of AI
innovation, benefiting from leading universities and solid technology, China
has emerged as a strong competitor over the past decade.
Due to the strong education and innovative
research of Tsinghua University in China, the world's top four AI startups,
including Zhipu AI, Baichuan AI, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax, are mostly Chinese
AI startups founded by Tsinghua University faculty and alumni.
China is currently conducting more AI research than the United States, and is rapidly narrowing the performance gap with the United States' Large Language Model (LLM) in bilingual benchmarks, surpassing the United States in terms of research scale.
In terms of AI patents, China has also granted the most AI patents since 2013. Specifically, as of 2022, China has filed about four times more AI patents than the United States, and the CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Administration) has granted about three times more patents than the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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| Number of AI patents in 2022 <source: itif.org> https://itif.org/publications/2024/08/26/how-innovative-is-china-in-ai/ |
The reason for China's rise in AI is analyzed to be the strong government support for promising AI companies regardless of location or performance indicators, and the Chinese government's venture capital funds are evenly distributed throughout China, including underdeveloped inland regions.
In addition, China's Jifu AI recently received a $400 million investment from Saudi Arabia's Aramco, and has begun to attract overseas investors in the AI field. As a result, China's AI startup ecosystem is narrowing the performance gap with the United States.
(2) Strategy for the United States
The United States should focus on maintaining its leadership in AI innovation, and in particular, the US Congress and the White House should establish a comprehensive national AI strategy and provide funding to achieve the two goals of 'AI development' and 'AI adoption'.
- AI Development
To implement this goal, U.S. policymakers should consider the following tasks: ① Stimulate private investment in AI R&D, ② Revitalize the federal funding process for AI, ③ Avoid policies that undermine U.S. AI leadership and bolster Chinese competitors, and ④ Develop a national data strategy to dramatically expand the availability of data for training AI models.
- AI Adoption
To implement this goal, U.S. policymakers should consider the following tasks: ① Create a national AI roadmap for adoption, ② Prioritize the rapid adoption of AI in the federal government, ③ Support digital transformation, and ④ Incentivize AI workforce training investment.
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ITIF Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar, the
author of the report, analyzed that the US policy approach focused on
suppressing China's AI development, including strict export controls, will be
counterproductive in the long term
He also expressed concern that "China is now building an AI innovation ecosystem comparable to that of the US, producing cutting-edge models that surpass global competitors, and if this trend continues, the US may soon find itself in a position to imitate China."
1) For the original text of the report, refer to the following link: https://www2.itif.org/2024-chinese-ai-innovation.pdf
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) surpass US$7.3 million with Video Compression Technology Patents.
On Oct. 2, 2024, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that the video compression technology, a source technology secured through the university's research and development, was first registered as a core patent for international standards, and the total accumulated technology fees exceeded US$ 7.3 million.
∙ The patent is a high-efficiency video compression technology (HEVC) developed by Professors Moon-Cheol Kim and Hyun-Wook Park of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2014. Together with Columbia University, it was the first university to be registered in the international standard patent pool, securing a total of 246 standard patents, including devices and software for compressing and decompressing digital images.
∙ HEVC (H.265) is an international technology standard created to efficiently compress large-capacity video data with UHD ultra-high definition resolution, and can be applied to various ultra-high definition videos such as TV, broadcasting, smartphones, action cams, CCTV, and real-time streaming.
∙ In order to utilize various patents required for video playback, the Access Advance (formerly HEVC Advance) patent pool selects HEVC technologies to form standard patents and acts as an agent for licensing.
∙ The HEVC-related market has reached a full-fledged growth stage, and while other standard technologies are in the early stages of growth, KAIST achieved approximately US$3.95 million in technology royalties from Amazon, Apple, Google, etc. in 2024 alone.
∙ Lee Geon-jae, the president of the KAIST Technology Value Creation Institute, said, “In order to advance KAIST’s technology commercialization, we plan to increase economic value in the global market by strengthening the Technology Licensing Office (TLO), which is actively working to foster standard patents, and the linkage between intellectual property, industry-academia cooperation, and technology transfer.”
∙ He also said, “In particular, through the newly established Technology Transfer Headquarters, we plan to invest intensively in the future core KAIST industries of standard patents, 5G/6G communications, bio/pharmaceuticals, quantum/AI semiconductors, and emerge as a mecca for university technology transfer.”
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1) KAIST Institute of Technology Value Creation was established to create a virtuous cycle of continuous value creation and innovation by utilizing KAIST’s research results to discover high-quality intellectual property, and to spread it to the global society in all directions to increase technological value and return economic value to KAIST (Source: KAIST).
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