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Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

University Research Institute

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Stanford report finds China has closed the artificial intelligence gap with the United States

New Capabilities

Publisher of the AI Index Report

For most of the past decade, the United States held a comfortable lead in artificial intelligence. That margin is now effectively gone. Stanford University's ninth annual AI Index, released April 13, found that Chinese AI models have traded places with American ones at the top of performance rankings multiple times since early 2025, with the current gap down to 2.7 percentage points — a spread that used to be measured in double digits.

Updated Apr 13

Stanford emerging technology review

New Capabilities

SETR partner on AI research

Congress defunded its own technology assessment office in 1995. Three decades later, Stanford University is trying to fill that gap. The third annual Stanford Emerging Technology Review debuted in Washington on January 28, 2026, with Hoover Institution scholars briefing senators, White House officials, and agency leaders on ten frontier technologies reshaping national competitiveness.

Updated Feb 4