The study documents growing disparities in access to supercomputing resources and AI expertise, which are increasingly concentrated in a small number of regions dominated by the United States and China.
Sources
- AI and Supercomputing are Powering the Next Wave of Breakthrough Science - But at What Cost? (arxiv.org)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-63438-7 (nature.com)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397700228_AI_and_Supercomputing_are_Powering_the_Next_Wave_of_Breakthrough_Science_-_But_at_What_Cost (researchgate.net)
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