Rudd claims China leads AI adoption, but US revenue data says otherwise
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-21
Former PM Kevin Rudd said at Oxford's OxGenAI that "the US leads in compute, China leads in adoption." Quoting him, Hamish Low pushes back: that framing only made sense when judging by policy focus and stated aims — assessed on actual AI revenue, the US is clearly crushing China on diffusion.
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