China’s DeepSeek shocked the world with its high-powered AI assistant. But the country’s AI sector goes beyond one company - in fact, analysts say it has over 4,000 businesses. So, how does the industry work?
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00:00China's AI sector is like a brain.
00:03It's learning, developing, and producing results,
00:07sometimes in the blink of an eye.
00:09We saw that with DeepSeek,
00:11the AI assistant that came out last month.
00:14But Chinese AI is deeper than DeepSeek.
00:18The industry has different parts that do different things,
00:22but they're also connected in all sorts of ways,
00:25just like a brain.
00:27The sector now has roughly 4,500 businesses.
00:32Some are big names, and they're doing big things.
00:35Tech giant Baidu looks set to release
00:37a new AI model later this year.
00:40It's also shaking things up with its chatbot, Ernie.
00:44The bot had 13 million active users in January.
00:47That's about a third of DeepSeek's user base.
00:50But last June, it was China's most used app
00:53for generative AI.
00:54Baidu is now hoping to drive growth
00:56by offering the bot for free in April.
01:00And speaking of driving,
01:01it's also building AI into its Apollo Go service,
01:05which provides robo-taxis that drive themselves.
01:09Meanwhile, e-commerce firm Alibaba is teaming up with Apple.
01:13That deal means Alibaba will provide AI services
01:16for Apple iPhones sold in China.
01:19But the big brands are also helping smaller companies.
01:22Baidu's platform, for example,
01:24offered more than 50 models or templates
01:26at the end of last year.
01:28It also has tool chain software
01:31that allows developers to tailor each model
01:33for specific tasks.
01:35This is known as MOS, or model as a service.
01:40It's a system designed to remove barriers.
01:42In other words, developers don't spend time
01:45and money building models from scratch.
01:48Some firms are offering prepackaged AI solutions,
01:52as well as cloud computing.
01:54Huawei is one example.
01:56It says it's slashed the time it takes
01:58to make systems that train AI models.
02:01So a project that used to take five months
02:04now takes just one.
02:07And that's important,
02:08because AI tools don't generate revenue during training.
02:12The faster they can learn, the better.
02:15And let's not forget the stakes are high.
02:17Research firm McKinsey says by 2030,
02:20China's AI sector could add $600 billion
02:24to its economy each year.
02:26So there is massive potential.
02:29And it all starts with brain power.