Burkov on Double Standards: Yawns for Chinese Open-Weights, Hype for European Proprietary
burkov · x · 2026-10-11
Andriy Burkov (author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book) calls out a double standard in AI circles: a Chinese company releasing a state-of-the-art frontier model with open weights gets yawns, while a European company releasing an underdog proprietary model sparks wild celebration.
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