Chinese Open-Source AI Forces Frontier Labs to Compete on Cost

Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek and Kimi are pressuring US frontier labs by delivering competitive open-source models at lower costs, forcing the industry to focus on affordability and usability rather than just raw capabilities.

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