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China's open-source AI models narrow gap with U.S., reshape market dynamics

China's open-source AI models narrow gap with U.S., reshape market dynamics

The performance gap between leading American and Chinese AI models has narrowed to single digits, while Chinese models dominate local LLM installations. China is also leading in AI publications, citations, patents, and industrial robotics. Hugging Face recently used a Chinese LLM to defend against a cyber attack launched by an unreleased closed OpenAI model.

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