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China Decode: China's Bid for AI Dominance, and Chinese Food Trends (ft. @BlondieinChina)
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Jul 28, 2026
China is leveraging open-source AI to build a technological ecosystem in the Global South, positioning itself as a low-cost, accessible alternative to Western closed-source models. This strategy aims to bind developing nations to Chinese infrastructure and standards, effectively challenging US dominance in the global AI race.
Key insight: Chinese AI models are typically one-tenth the cost of US models per million output tokens, a massive competitive advantage for adoption in developing economies.