News of Note—U.S. is losing AI lead to China; AT&T, RingCentral extend partnership and more

Here are the other stories we're following today:

> The United States is squandering its lead in artificial intelligence as China ramps up its efforts. TechCrunch article

> AT&T and RingCentral announced they have extended their partnership with plans to offer businesses cloud-based communications services. Press release

> It's a mixed bag when it comes to running Cisco's Viptela SD-WAN on enterprises' routers. Network World article

> GTT Communications announced that Europac Group, which was a long-standing client of GTT's recent Interoute acquisition, was deploying GTT’s SD-WAN service across its European sites. Press release

> As part of a plan to retool its data center infrastructure, eBay is moving away from OpenStack and using Kubernetes and Docker instead. SDxCentral article