Chinese AI Models Are Making Genuine Contributions
madeofAjala · x · 2026-07-18
The author argues that prior to GLM-5.2 and Kimi-3, the prevailing narrative that "Chinese models are simply distilling US models" was incredibly lazy. It sidesteps the fact that Chinese AI teams are indeed making real, substantive technical contributions.
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