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Chinese labs have been giving the technology away for free.
Alibaba has shifted from open-source AI models, releasing its third proprietary model and breaking with prior strategy.
KEY POINTS
- Qwen, Alibaba's open AI model family, accounts for over half of global open-source model downloads.
- About 80% of companies pitching Andreessen Horowitz with open-source AI use Chinese models.
- China's government now officially supports open source, making it central to national AI ambitions.
- Chinese labs may adopt hybrid open-proprietary models, but a full exit from open source is unlikely.
COMPANIES
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