Profits over politics: AWS and Microsoft execs warn of China’s AI threat while growing AI hubs inside China

Image caption: AWS is balancing profit potential in China with AI risk its own CEO warned about. Image credit: Christopher T. Fong / Protocol. Article by Kate Kaye. Protocol – January 31, 2022

There’s no law against U.S. companies developing AI in China, but the two biggest U.S. cloud companies are expanding their artificial intelligence and cloud-related efforts there despite warnings from their own executives about the AI-related threats posed by China’s government. AWS is hiring for several AI engineering roles based in China. […]

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