Chinese Labs
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Sean Lie: 95% of High-Quality Open Models Come From Chinese Labs
“The open source model market is a hundred percent Chinese, right? . A hundred percent, but. Almost. Okay. 95%, right? Most of the big models, most of the big open models that are, you know, high quality are coming from the Chinese labs.”
Moe: Model distillation is not the primary driver of Chinese AI progress
“So I really don't think from currently what we're seeing this is a big cornerstone of what's powering the progress today. In the end, what's powering the progress is still just really smart people with very interesting algorithms, data environment, and they wi…”
Friedberg: Chinese AI labs employ US-trained PhDs achieving genuine breakthroughs
“When you go look at the individuals working at these Chinese labs, they got PhDs in American institutions. Half the PhDs went to American labs and half went to Chinese labs. And they have very good scientists doing very good work, and they are having breakthro…”
Baker: China's Distillation Edge Vanishes if US Labs Halt Open Releases
“They've gotten really, really good at that, but man, all that goes away if people stop releasing these models at the frontier, and I think mythos is a side of things to come there.”