Do Chinese models really get more hype on X? Researchers spar over release-day bias
eliebakouch · x · 2026-08-28
Aidan Clark complained that whenever a Chinese model (GLM, DeepSeek, Kimi, etc.) drops, a glut of anonymous anime-pfp accounts ultra-hype it — and people fall for it every time.
Elie Bakouch (Mistral) pushed back: new OpenAI/Anthropic models get hyped on X just as much or more, so release-day hype bias cuts both ways rather than being a one-sided phenomenon.
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