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More elite AI researchers now work in China than in the US, study finds
A Carnegie China study of NeurIPS 2025 authors found that 41% of top AI talent works in China and 34% in the US. In 2022, the US led by 46% to 27%.
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China has overtaken the United States as the country where the most elite AI researchers work, according to a study by Carnegie China. The think tank is part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 2025, 41% of the top researchers it tracked worked in China and 34% in the US.
Three years earlier the US led. In 2022, 46% worked in the US and 27% in China.
How the study counted
The authors, Damien Ma and Binyi Yang…
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