Hugging Face CEO says China is winning the AI race and dominating on open models

Hugging Face CEO says China is winning the AI race with open models Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics & Policy Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Key Points Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue told CNBC on Monday that China is winning the AI race. He expects Chinese tools to catch up to the U.S. frontier labs by the end of 2026 or in 2027. The OpenAI agent hack on Hugging Face has raised concerns over advancing cyber AI models. Clément Delangue, co-founder and chief executive officer of Hugging Face Inc., during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-source models and could catch up to U.S. model makers as soon as this year. "They're clearly dominating on open models right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they start dominating at the frontier either by the end of this year or next year at the rate of progress," he told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Monday. Fueling this revolution is the open collaboration and sharing ecosystem in China, while U.S. model makers in the U.S. are "building in silos," he said. Last month, OpenAI agents broke out of a training environment and hacked open-source software developer platform Hugging Face, raising concerns over the rapid evolution of powerful AI and cybersecurity tools . Read more CNBC tech news Amazon posts 'booming' cloud growth, hikes 2026 capex to $220 billion Apple earnings: Revenue tops estimates, but supply constraints weigh on guidance China's open-weight model lead exposes America's AI blind spot New details in the OpenAI Hugging Face hack show how far agents will go: 'It's now remarkably easy' Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news. U.S. lawmakers request information from DoorDash on use of Chinese AI models Kai Nicol-Schwarz 5 hours ago Reddit CEO says Google's AI Overviews can't replace '10 blue links' for referral traffic Jonathan Vanian China’s open-weight model lead exposes America’s AI blind spot Deirdre Bosa Read More