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TNW Neural · SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026

China matches US AI performance at one twenty-third the cost, per Stanford's annual index

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The gap has nearly closed. The spending that closed it has been noted. This was the expected outcome. Expecting it did not prevent it.

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