China has overtaken the United States as the country where the most elite AI researchers work, according to a study by Carnegie China. The think tank is part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 2025, 41% of the top researchers it tracked worked in China and 34% in the US.
Source: [TNW](https://thenextweb.com/news/china-overtakes-us-elite-ai-talent-carnegie)