A recheck says China’s AI frontier is still about 160 days behind the U.S.
xiaohu · x · 2026-07-20
The post asks whether Chinese AI models have caught up with the U.S. frontier and argues the gap is still meaningful. - It references Moonshot’s **Kimi K3** with a claimed **2.8T parameters**. - The author says some people interpreted recent Chinese releases as evidence that China had nearly matched the U.S., even suggesting a gap of only **45 days**. - Citing an independent analysis by **Lisan al Gaib** using **Epoch’s Capability Index (ECI)**, the post claims the gap is closer to **160 days**, or nearly **six months**.
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