Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

Partner, Tech @triviumchina / Chinese data, AI, and tech policy / In China For Noodles since 2002. Read what I write:

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

Thrilled to be part of the @BrookingsInst delegation to Taiwan, and many thanks to @ChingteLai for the warm welcome.

[賴清德Lai Ching-te @ChingteLai]

A warm welcome to @ryanl_hass and the @BrookingsInst delegation. As we face authoritarian expansion, supply chain restructuring, the AI wave & other global challenges, #Taiwan will continue to deepen its partnership with the #US in all areas to safeguard peace & democracy.

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

This is a terrific piece by @kendraschaefer in the current issue of The Ideas Letter, which just dropped. Her metaphor of the Chinese state as an API is inspired. I did a great interview with @AngelaZhangHK and Alex Yang about a related idea: China as platform state. L*nk 👇

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

@KaiserKuo @AngelaZhangHK Thanks for the shout-out!

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

This piece by @mattsheehan88, about changing state and public attitudes in China about AI and jobs, is one of the year's must-reads so far.

[Matt Sheehan @mattsheehan88]

I wrote about the biggest change in 🇨🇳 AI policy over the past year: growing worry about AI's impact on jobs.

Covers:
- the surprising spark that ignited the shift
- different ministries competing to lead on AI
- China's ~5 part plan for dealing w/ labor impacts
Link below!

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

This week on the Trivium China Podcast, @triviumchina co-founder @andrewpolk81 is joined by @kendraschaefer and @coryjcombs to explain China's AI+ initiative. Fascinating stuff!! Link below.

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

Sat down this week to chat with @KaiserKuo about our latest research on China's generative AI ecosystem - check out the convo on the @SinicaPodcast

https://t.co/oOhv7dECth

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

No surprise here: Foreign companies have only registered 0.5% of generative AI algorithms in China, and none of those are bleeding edge. Geopolitics and China's internet regulations are significantly dampening foreign involvement. 9/9

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

Did you know the Chinese gov publishes an official list of public-facing generative AI tools operating in China? I spent the last six months cataloging and analyzing all 3,739 of them. Here are my early findings – and my data set. Exec sum in thread. 1/9 https://t.co/cLNF0iM4dI

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

State-affiliated entities hold approximately 22% of the generative AI licenses issued in China, but China��s big telecoms – notably China Mobile – appear to be the only central state-owned enterprises doing genuinely innovative generative AI development. 8/9

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

@Gregory_C_Allen So cool!

[Even @Even_Pay]

China's latest round of controls on mineral exports bring our hit rate to six out of the nine @coryjcombs predicted back in March:

[The National Bureau of Asian Research @NBRnews]

Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech & Kendra Schaefer @kendraschaefer on #China's #ArtificialIntelligence sector, how developments are driving U.S.-China #technology competition and intersect with critical policy choices around technologies that support AI ecosystems https://t.co/Ok7Y5TsDiZ

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

Great working with @kendraschaefer on this complex and important topic! Had to leave a lot out, so much happening in this space...
China’s Generative AI Ecosystem in 2024: Rising Investment and Expectations | The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) https://t.co/RonvC8aRbW

[Interpret: China @CSIS_Interpret]

Beijing has made leading-edge, highly-efficient manufacturing capabilities a top policy priority. In this analysis, @triviumchina experts @kendraschaefer and @coryjcombs provide an in-depth overview of this emerging effort, dubbed “new industrialization.”