According to Reuters, executives from U.S. AI giants OpenAI, Microsoft, AMD and artificial intelligence cloud service company CoreWeave testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday. They said that although the United States is leading in the AI race, the government still needs to increase infrastructure construction and support the export of AI chips to maintain its lead over China.
Four AI executives including Altman, Su Zifeng, and Smith
After DeepSeek shocked the world last year with its cost-effective large-scale model, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Republican Senator Ted Cruz, is seeking to reduce regulatory barriers to the development of AI in the United States.
Microsoft President Brad Smith said: "The primary factor that will determine whether the United States or China will win this race is whose technology can be more widely adopted around the world."He said,Microsoft has banned employees from using DeepSeek.
"Huawei's lead in 5G networks has taught us a lesson: Whoever captures the market first will be difficult to replace," Smith said.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AMD CEO Lisa Su also testified at the hearing.
Altman said at the hearing that he expects U.S. innovation to drive AI to bring faster social progress in the next few years, but "investment in infrastructure is critical." This type of infrastructure ranges from data centers that house more servers to power stations that power energy-intensive computing for AI.
In addition, Microsoft President Smith also called for strengthening AI-related education to speed up its popularization, train more electrician talents, and support AI research and development.