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Essay: Why is China pushing open weight models?

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I wrote up a short essay on why a state that keeps tight control over domestic AI services might still push open weights globally (Qwen, DeepSeek, etc.). Core claim: the model isn’t the product, it creates demand for compute, hosting, and tooling. Same pattern as solar and EVs expanding a market, t…

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  1. 2026-09-15 08:37 · r/LocalLLM
    Essay: Why is China pushing open weight models?

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