AI Imperative 2030 | American Security Project

The center of gravity in the AI competition with China.

America is at a critical period in our strategic competition with China, and ground zero in the fight is the battle over AI supremacy.

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The Challenge

China is aggressively pursuing AI development using a whole-of-government, industrial collaboration policy. The authoritarian regime in Beijing has closed the gap with the United States in terms of AI capabilities, with an increasingly sophisticated approach to the elimination of barriers between civilian research and commercial sectors and military and defense industrial sectors.

AI Imperative 2030

Chinese investment in AI pairs with its Military-Civil Fusion strategy: a “whole-of-society” approach to 21st century warfare.

The United States must maintain its competitive advantage in key areas of technological innovation and capital.

AI IMPERATIVE 2030 will reframe the debate around AI to advocate for the imperative that the open world – led by the U.S. – wins the AI race.

Chinese investment in AI pairs with its Military-Civil Fusion strategy: a “whole-of-society” approach to 21st century warfare.

The United States maintains a competitive advantage in key areas of innovation and capital.

Project 2030 will reframe the debate around AI to advocate for the imperative that the open world – led by the U.S. – wins the AI race.

China has filed more generative AI patents than all other countries combines, accounting for 70% of the more than 50,000 patents filed globally over the last decade. The United States lags in a distant second place, less than one sixth of China’s total.

China

United States

Republic of Korea

Japan

Rest of the World

India

United Kingdom

Germany

Canada

France

Israel

38,210

6,276

4,155

3,409

2,236

1,350

714

708

549

311

305

China has filed more generative AI patents than all other countries combines, accounting for 70% of the more than 50,000 patents filed globally over the last decade. The United States lags in a distant second place, less than one sixth of China’s total.

AI Imperative 2030

We need to insist on a debate that sees the competition for what it is and embraces smart AI policies that ensure the values of the United States, and those of our allies, prevail.

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At this very moment, we are in a great race over AI. Our mission is to preserve democratic values by ensuring the critical stakes of this competition are at the forefront of public discussion.