{
  "id": 9429513,
  "title": "US vs China: why AI is pitting the two superpowers against each other?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/eeuu-vs-china-por-que-la-ia-enfrenta-a-las-dos-superpotencias",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-23T22:08:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/tecnologia/innovacion/2026/09/24/6ab3ee74468aebe14f8b457b.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "China is gaining ground in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, with its open-source models becoming increasingly popular due to their lower costs and comparable capabilities to those of US-based companies. According to OpenRouter, Chinese AI models surpassed US models in global usage in June, and another aggregator, Hugging Face, reported that Chinese models accounted for more downloads than US models in February 2026. Chinese companies such as DeepSeek, Alibaba are offering models at significantly lower prices, with some costing 60-90% less than those of US companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The shift towards open-source models is changing the AI landscape, with experts predicting that the future of AI lies in specialized agents working together rather than large, powerful models.",
  "summary": "The race to lead artificial intelligence has become a geopolitical battle. While US giants bet on the most advanced and closed models, Beijing tries to extend its technological influence with open and cheaper systems.",
  "key_points": [
    "U.S. and China compete for AI dominance",
    "DeepSeek's model matches U.S. systems at lower cost",
    "Chinese open-source models now lead in usage"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}