CNBeta — 2026-04-15#
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The United States’ lead over China in artificial intelligence has narrowed to a mere three to six months, according to a recent cnbeta report on remarks by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. A recent Stanford AI Index report backs this up, showing the performance gap between top US models like Claude Opus 4.6 and Chinese models like dola-seed-2.0-preview has essentially vanished to a 2.7% margin. This highlights the intense pressure on US tech giants and the rapid maturation of China’s domestic AI ecosystem as global capabilities converge.