Recent studies show that the U.S. tech industry remains highly dependent on Chinese talent in the artificial intelligence competition, even as the Trump administration tightened immigration and security reviews, and anti-China sentiment rose in Silicon Valley. This situation has not fundamentally changed. Two new studies, building on earlier data from the Paulson Foundation, found that out of 100 top Chinese AI researchers employed by U.S. universities or companies in 2019, 87 are still working at U.S. institutions. Since 2018, the number of joint papers between the U.S. and China has also exceeded any other pair of countries. Analysts point out that the U.S. AI industry benefits the most from Chinese talent. A large number of Chinese elites are trained, work, and choose to stay in the U.S., and measures that restrict further participation of Chinese students and researchers may actually weaken the U.S.'s leading advantage in this field. Researchers and industry professionals are concerned that equating the risk of espionage with suppressing the movement of Chinese talents will ultimately damage the U.S.'s own AI research and development capabilities.
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