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Early deaths of top Chinese AI scientists raise concerns about industry pressures
Military artificial intelligence, computer vision and medical tech fields lose leading minds to accidents or illness
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Dannie Pengin Beijing
Published: 2:00pm, 15 Apr 2025Updated: 3:04pm, 15 Apr 2025
Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the US-China tech war, with Chinese firms such as DeepSeek challenging American dominance.
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But while China has a growing AI talent pool and home-grown success stories, the country has also lost a handful of leading figures in the crucial sector. The early deaths of these experts – due to accidents or illness – have raised concerns about the personal safety of those in the industry and the stressful research environment they face.
Chinese computer scientist Liu Shaoshan said that while AI researchers might earn huge salaries, they were also under intense pressure.