Why Western open labs play it safe on architectures while Chinese labs flex custom designs
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-07
Analyst teortaxesTex observes that Western open labs stick to boring proven architectures (GQA, SWA) while Chinese labs flex insane custom designs. His theory: discovering a scalable architecture takes compute, so players like OpenAI and Ant can punish imitators like Thinky. He adds that unlike distillation, algorithmic theft is a "perfect crime" — US labs don't publish their algos, so Chinese labs get priority regardless, speculating V4.1 might be a small Astra. Unverified insider-style analysis.
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