The Challenge to American AI Companies by Chinese Open AI Systems

The AI giants’ new problem: open AI by Robert Hart

“The question for American firms may increasingly become: How much capability do we need to release openly to prevent Chinese models from becoming the default platform for the open ecosystem?” Sharma said. A more plausible outcome could be a “portfolio strategy,” she said, with companies keeping “their very best model proprietary while releasing increasingly capable open-weight models to maintain developer adoption and ecosystem influence.”

I wonder why can’t Europe do this? They clearly need models of their own. And there is a lot of talk about sovereignty. If you’re using Chinese models you’re not really sovereign.

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