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Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China
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Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China At an event in Beijing earlier this year, some of China’s top artificial intelligence leaders warned that the country remained meaningfully behind the US in developing cutting-edge AI models, with one executive arguing that “the gap may actually be widening.” Leading US firms also appeared confident they were significantly ahead. As recently as this week, one executive at Anthropic PBC, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...
Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China
At an event in Beijing earlier this year, some of China’s top artificial intelligence leaders warned that the country remained meaningfully behind the US in developing cutting-edge AI models, with one executive arguing that “the gap may actually be widening.”
Leading US firms also appeared confident they were significantly ahead. As recently as this week, one executive at Anthropic PBC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, mused that the Claude maker’s technology was roughly six to 12 months ahead of Chinese rivals.