CHINA - AI Models Make Inroads in the US

San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched to Chinese AI startup Moonshot’s Kimi K3 for many of his day-to-day activities within days of the new, powerful model’s launch.

Their popularity has frustrated some U.S. tech giants, but short of an outright ban, they’re likely to continue to appeal to independent software developers in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The rapid rise of cutting-edge Chinese AI models this year shows the China-U.S. race in AI has moved on from early last year, when Chinese startup DeepSeek shook up the U.S. technology industry and put China on the map with an AI model that performed on par with those in the U.S. but much more cheaply.

Still, while Chinese models are becoming serious competitors to the U.S., they lag American AI leaders across their overall, full-range capabilities, said Anastasios Angelopoulos, co-founder and CEO of Arena, a platform for evaluating AI systems.

-apnews.com, 26 July 2026

Commentary: Consider that in 1965, China’s economy was listed at $70.5 billion, while the US’s GDP was $742.3 billion. Today, this has changed drastically. China has become the world’s largest economy adjusted for purchasing power parity (GDP PPP), with an estimated value of $44.3 trillion to the US’s $32.4 trillion.

When it comes to artificial intelligence, there is little to no doubt that China will rise to parity with the USA in the not-too-distant future.

Our interest lies in Scripture. Here we have to admit that China is not mentioned by name, and neither is the USA. Biblical geography goes from the center being Israel, its neighbors, then European countries such as Greece, Italy, and Spain are mentioned.

Regarding the Church in China: “Surveys by the Pew Research Center suggest that while rapid expansion took place in the 1980s and 90s, the number of individuals formally identifying as Christian has stabilized in recent years. Despite tighter social controls, Chinese believers actively adapt to shifting government policies.”

Of interest is the statement, “believers actively adapt to shifting government policies.” Quite apparently, they practice Romans 13:1: “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” The Church under the dominion of God the Holy Spirit, knows no borders, languages, or government regulations, whatever they may be. Pray for the Church in China.

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