Op-ed: The U.S. lead over China in AI is all but gone. We need a change in national strategy

The article, titled 'Op-ed: The U.S. lead over China in AI is all but gone. We need a change in national strategy,' states that recent events show Washington is forced to respond to China competing at the frontier. The op-ed calls for a change in national strategy.

It names DeepSeek, Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, Alibaba's Qwen family, Tencent's Hunyuan, Zhipu AI and MiniMax. According to the op-ed, these demonstrate that China has cultivated a frontier AI ecosystem capable of repeatedly producing world-class capabilities. The argument is that China is not limited to a single successful model but has a broad set of developers producing advanced systems.

The op-ed's central claim is that the U.S. can no longer assume it leads in AI and needs a new approach to competition. policy should be reassessed. The piece does not specify a particular policy proposal in the excerpt, but frames the situation as requiring a strategic response. The article is an opinion piece rather than a news report.