
17 October 2025
‘I have to do it’: why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
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In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race By Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod