Chinese Open Models Surpass US in Research Usage

xeophon · x · 2026-08-24

Analysis of 500K arXiv AI/ML papers reveals a shift: while 30% of papers cited US open models in 2024 vs 10% for Chinese models, today 40% cite Chinese LLMs compared to 25-30% for US ones. Qwen now appears in 1/3 of papers mentioning any LLM, second only to OpenAI's closed models (37%). Llama's usage peaked in April 2025 and is now stagnating.

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