Sources: parts of the Trump administration are reigniting efforts to implement de facto bans on foreign open-source models, as Chinese AI models gain momentum
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Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about “losing the AI race” to China; K3 is a good model but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities
and Washington — quakingCNBC:Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shiftNat Rubio-Licht /The Deep View:The catch behind Kimi K3's benchmark leapReed Albergotti ...
Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about “losing the AI race” to China; K3 is a good model but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities
and Washington — quakingNew York Times:China's Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America's LeadCNBC:Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shiftDow Jon...
Sources: Z.ai is on track to achieve an annual recurring revenue of $1B, a first for a Chinese AI company, after achieving its full-year sales target in July
Z.AI is on track for annual recurring revenue of $1 billion, a significant ramp-up for an enterprise-focused AI startup trying …
As China's rules for humanlike AI interaction take effect, many users are bemoaning the loss of the virtual companions they had created on Chinese AI platforms
For days, 19-year old student Yan Yongqi has been consumed by grief over the imminent loss of her virtual boyfriend of more than a year.
Sources: DeepSeek has started planning for an IPO in China and may file as soon as this year, allowing it to debut in 2027
Chinese AI pioneer DeepSeek has begun preparations for an initial public offering and may file as soon as this year, setting the stage for what could be a landmark debut for the country's technology i...
Sources: DeepSeek is in preliminary talks with new investors about raising funds at a ~$71B valuation, after raising ~$7B at a ~$52B valuation at the end of May
Unusually swift pace of capital injection comes as Chinese AI start-up seeks to build out infrastructure
Memo: Tang Jie, founder of Z.ai, the Chinese lab behind the GLM models, argues frontier AI capabilities should stay “as open and widely accessible as possible”
The founder of Chinese AI lab Zhipu argued that frontier artificial intelligence should remain broadly accessible rather …
Sources: MiniMax is working on a 2.7T-parameter model internally called M3 Pro, which it could release as early as Q3 as open source; M3 has 428B parameters
Chinese AI developer MiniMax is working on a new large language model with 2.7 trillion parameters, larger than any other Chinese AI models currently …
[Thread] the now-lifted US export controls on Anthropic models created uncertainty, are an own goal, and will push service providers toward Chinese AI models
A lot to unpack here. Anthropic is burying some hard truths in careful political language. Some initial reads: 1) Anthropic verifies that none of the jailbreaks provided a capability beyond what many ...