Why is China giving away AI?
Chinese models are DOMINATING the open-weight LLM space.
Open-weight models are freely available to download, run, and fine-tune, often released with highly permissive licenses. Some open-weight models are also open-source, meaning the code and training data to reproduce those models are openly available as well.
These models are incredible, and compete with or even outperform leading proprietary US models on common benchmarks while costing a small fraction of the price.
One might be surprised to learn that not only are Chinese tech companies making AI models freely available, but the Chinese government has also promoted open models as part of its AI strategy. In July, China released its Global AI Governance Action Plan, heavy on “international public good,” “collaboration,” and “openness,” which sounds lovely until you remember that China maintains one of the most restrictive and censorious regions of the internet.
So what gives? Why is the Chinese government suddenly a champion of openness in AI? — Read More
Daily Archives: September 23, 2025
AI Focus: Interception
This is a very quick post. I had an idea as I was walking the dog this evening, and I wanted to build a functioning demo and write about it within a couple of hours.
While the post and idea started this evening, the genesis of the idea has been brewing for a while and goes back over a year to August 2024, when I wrote about being sucked into a virtual internet. WebSim has been on my mind for a while, because I loved the idea of being able to simulate my own version of the web using the browser directly and not via another web page. And a couple of weeks ago, I managed to work out how to get Puppeteer to intercept requests and respond with content generated via an LLM. — Read More
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