BREAKING
China Bets Open, U.S. Stays Closed
Two Ecosystems, Two Playbooks
China
open weights
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Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM
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Free to download and fine-tune
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Wins cost-conscious builders
United States
closed APIs
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
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Frontier models kept private
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Monetized per token
0
%
gap vs Anthropic top
0
x
cheaper to use
0
%
global open LLM use
Why China Went Open
1
US chip export controls
↓
2
Domestic silicon focus
↓
3
Efficiency engineering
↓
4
Open ecosystem policy
Limits and Open Questions
Can Closed Hold Its Ground?
AI NEWS BLITZ
Chinese and American AI labs are chasing opposite strategies on open models.