A Carnegie China report says China is the largest source of elite AI talent, while Chinese talent’s flow to the U.S. has slowed; it links lower inflows to tighter visa rules for Chinese STEM graduate students. Forbes argues this could hurt U.S. AI competitiveness.
The report points to authors with papers accepted at NeurIPS—an annual conference on machine learning, AI and computational neuroscience—as elite research talent. It says the flow of Chinese AI talent remains largely one-way into the U.S., even as that migration has slowed.
The commentary says the administration’s 85,000 cap on H-1B work visas is inadequate for demand from U.S. technology companies and prospective foreign workers. It contrasts the restrictions with Trump’s UN General Assembly statement, “Whoever wins super intelligence wins,” and says foreign technology talent has begun looking elsewhere for study and work.
