Open-weight AI is basically Chinese labs: token share data shows near-total dominance
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-22
Citing Peter Walker's weekly data on token usage share: when people talk about open-weight AI, they are essentially talking about Chinese labs. Chinese open models hold near-total dominance of open-weight token usage — not quite 1:1, but "pretty damn close."
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