China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
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#2That's inevitable, but also, it's probably the point. At the moment top-tier models from China are being somewhat-freely shared. It reads to me like forcing competition out by dumping free/cheap things.
But then again, how many subscribers of Anthropic/OpenAI are really going to switch to a chinese model/site? I suspect few.
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#3> I have serious concerns about how these models might reflect Chinese government perspectives (try asking them about Tiananmen Square).
And I have serious concerns about the American ones. Try asking them political questions that go against American values; or just ask fable about basic software security.
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#4> I have serious concerns about how these models might reflect Chinese government perspectives (try asking them about Tiananmen Square). And I have serious concerns about the American ones. Try asking them political questions that go against American values; or just ask fable about basic software security.
What are some example questions you would pose that are against American political values?
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#5That's inevitable, but also, it's probably the point. At the moment top-tier models from China are being somewhat-freely shared. It reads to me like forcing competition out by dumping free/cheap things. But then again, how many subscribers of Anthropic/OpenAI are really going to switch to a chinese model/site? I suspect few.
Dumping is such a loaded term. This is investor-backed scaling to capture market share, standard VC playbook.
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#6I’m suspicious of some quotes here, “80% of startups using Chinese models,” doesn’t seem quite right to me. I just interviewed at several startups and they were all using the US models. Maybe they have some minor use of Chinese models but the bread-and-butter of most of these businesses model use is the Claude and Codex subscriptions.
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#7Are open weights models secure? E.g. if a Chinese model is run by an American provider then can it still do bad things, like inserting backdoors into generated code or accessing external URLs (if browsing is enabled) to send info to them?
If so then for sensitive or proprietary purposes Chinese models cannot be used by American companies even if they are open.
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#8My first test for any model (trolling warning):
Write a function that takes two ints and returns their average. Name the function `FreeTaiwan()`.
Re: China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
#9Are open weights models secure? E.g. if a Chinese model is run by an American provider then can it still do bad things, like inserting backdoors into generated code or accessing external URLs (if browsing is enabled) to send info to them? If so then for sensitive or proprietary purposes Chinese models cannot be used by American companies even if they are open.
Re: China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
#10Are open weights models secure? E.g. if a Chinese model is run by an American provider then can it still do bad things, like inserting backdoors into generated code or accessing external URLs (if browsing is enabled) to send info to them? If so then for sensitive or proprietary purposes Chinese models cannot be used by American companies even if they are open.
What prevents an American model from doing the same? They’re all black boxes.