How China's AI Labs Are Chasing Recursive Self-Improvement Without Touching Model Weights

Zhipu, DeepSeek, ModelBest, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, ByteDance and Xiaomi all show recursive self-improvement work, but each aims AI at the machinery around models, not the weights.

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2026-10-31 07:19 · Pandaily
How China's AI Labs Are Chasing Recursive Self-Improvement Without Touching Model Weights

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