Reddit asks: Why do almost all major open-weight models come from China?
PhilosopherSweaty826 · reddit · 2026-10-27
A Reddit thread discusses the pattern that nearly all major open-weight LLMs (DeepSeek, Qwen, etc.) now come from Chinese companies, while leading Western labs keep their frontier models closed, sparking debate over open-source strategy and business incentives.
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