The article leaves it until the very end to point out the risk of high-performing employees being poached, but I'd say it seems like a huge liability for China.

The article leaves it until the very end to point out the risk of high-performing employees being poached, but I'd say it seems like a huge liability for China. The USA would be well-placed to identify vulnerable Chinese individuals working in AI development and offer them a large sum of money to 'defect'. It would be both a propaganda win for Trump's administration and a relatively cheap way of removing these individuals from the Chinese economy. If the South China Morning Post is to be believed[1], the salaries for software engineers in AI-related fields are far lower in China than in the USA, despite already being "two thirds higher" than other software engineers in China. [1]: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3253492/china-lures-ai-talent-hefty-salary-premium-demand-far-exceeds-supply-report-finds https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3253492/china-...