Notes from Inside China's AI Labs
Notes from inside China's AI labsLessons from my trip to talk to most of the leading AI labs in China.Nathan LambertMay 07, 20263653944ShareArticle voiceover0:00-16:35Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Staring out the window on a new, high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai I’m gifted with views of dramatic ridgelines speckled with wind turbines that are silhouetted against the setting sun. The mountains cast a backdrop to a mix of spanning fields and clustered skyscrapers.
- ▪Notes from inside China's AI labsLessons from my trip to talk to most of the leading AI labs in China.Nathan LambertMay 07, 20263653944ShareArticle voiceover0:00-16:35Audio playback is not supported on your browser.
- ▪Please upgrade.Staring out the window on a new, high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai I’m gifted with views of dramatic ridgelines speckled with wind turbines that are silhouetted against the setting sun.
- ▪The mountains cast a backdrop to a mix of spanning fields and clustered skyscrapers.
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| Publication time | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:53:00 +0000 |
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Notes from inside China's AI labsLessons from my trip to talk to most of the leading AI labs in China.Nathan LambertMay 07, 20263653944ShareArticle voiceover0:00-16:35Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Staring out the window on a new, high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai I’m gifted with views of dramatic ridgelines speckled with wind turbines that are silhouetted against the setting sun. The mountains cast a backdrop to a mix of spanning fields and clustered skyscrapers. I’m returning from China with great humility. It’s a very warming, human experience to go somewhere so foreign and be so welcomed.
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