U.S. and China AI showdown In the U.S. and China, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as vital to national interests, an indication of which can be seen by looking at the number of global AI patents being filed TOP GENERATIVE AI PATENT APPLICANTS (globally, 2014-2024) Google Zhejiang University Microsoft University of Electronic Science & Technology Beijing Baidu Netcom Science & Technology NVIDIA IBM Tsinghua University Hangzhou Dianzi University State Grid Corp of China 563 473 332 291 278 278 272 260 257 255 Xi Jinping and Donald Trump each want their country to come out on top as AI global leader Sources: Bloomberg, IFI CLAIMS Patent Services Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS