China's AI Plays the EV Playbook: Overwhelm the Market on Price
wschroll · x · 2026-08-03
The author elaborates that China's strategy of flooding the market with low-cost, open-weight models mirrors earlier plays in solar, EVs, and smartphones. This sustained pressure is repeatedly eroding the narrative of unchallenged US dominance and making the high-margin AI economy story harder to sustain.
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