Open-weight models thrive because of China's ecosystem — and new regulation may end that
tokenbender · x · 2026-10-16
tokenbender cites an unverified rumor that new Chinese regulation could make DeepSeek V4.1 Pro and Kimi K3.1 the last high-capability open-weight models, and argues the bigger point: open-weight models stayed strong primarily because of the Chinese ecosystem — Chinese labs' releases pressured others to open weights for goodwill. If regulation curbs that, the pressure keeping weights open may disappear.
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