Some Chinese AI will go closed-source, but not all | The Strategist

Chinese AI labs are splitting between open-source and closed-source models, with frontier labs moving toward proprietary releases while startups continue open releases. Xi Jinping's endorsement of 'openness' at Shanghai's World AI Conference has been interpreted as supporting both strategies, and major players like ByteDance, Alibaba, and Moonshot are balancing commercial and strategic interests across their portfolios.

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