Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI “Cold War”
Innovation Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI “Cold War” From Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than choosing one over the other. Rest of World/iStock Rest of World/iStock By Kinling Lo 16 September 2026 Saudi Arabia celebrated the launch of what it calls the world’s most advanced Arabic-language AI model earlier this month. The technology behind it came from China even as the kingdom spends billions building its AI infrastructure with American companies.
- ▪Innovation Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI “Cold War” From Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than choosing one over the other.
- ▪Rest of World/iStock Rest of World/iStock By Kinling Lo 16 September 2026 Saudi Arabia celebrated the launch of what it calls the world’s most advanced Arabic-language AI model earlier this month.
- ▪The technology behind it came from China even as the kingdom spends billions building its AI infrastructure with American companies.
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| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 |
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Innovation Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI “Cold War” From Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than choosing one over the other. Rest of World/iStock Rest of World/iStock By Kinling Lo 16 September 2026 Saudi Arabia celebrated the launch of what it calls the world’s most advanced Arabic-language AI model earlier this month. The technology behind it came from China even as the kingdom spends billions building its AI infrastructure with American companies. The Arabic model, Humain-m3, is based on an open-source system from Chinese startup MiniMax. Humain, the state-backed company that commissioned the model, has struck major deals with Nvidia and other U.S.
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