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A book: AI superpowers – China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, by Kai-Fu-Lee (2/2)
Picture: Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong province, China. Over the past decade, Shenzhen has emerged as China’s Silicon Valley and the leading hub in the manufacturing of smart devices used in AI solutions. In my last article, I summarised the development of the Internet ecosystem and AI technologies in the United States and in China according to…
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Is Japan at the doorstep of a currency crisis ?
Over the past few months, the acceleration of Yen’s weakening vs the US dollar has pushed several economists and investors to claim Japan was engaged in a currency crisis. As a reminder, a currency crisis occurs when a country’s currency exchange rate vs all other major currencies declines rapidly and out of any control. It…
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A book: AI superpowers – China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, by Kai-Fu-Lee (1/2)
Picture: NVIDIA Headquarters, Santa Clara (California). NVIDIA’s stock price surge over the past 18 months is notably due to this company leading market share in the design of chips for AI technologies, notably Chat GPT. Who is Kai-Fu-Lee Kai-Fu-Lee is a prominent computer scientist and investor, born in Taiwan but currently living and working in…

