# Is China now beating US in AI? By some measures, yes

> Source: <https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/07/17/is-china-now-beating-us-in-ai-by-some-measures-yes/>
> Published: 2026-07-17 19:57:51+00:00

This yea’s “Deepseek moment” comes courtesy of Moonshot from China. Its open-weight model Kimi-K3 has reportedly leapfrogged all of the US models — including Anthropic’s Fable 5 — [in the Frontend Code Arena](https://arena.ai/leaderboard/code/webdev), a blind benchmark test overseen by Arena.ai, by a significant amount.

This was met with concern by David Sacks, former AI Czar for the Trump Administration.