Reflection AI unveils an open-source Western answer to Chinese labs

Its new model, Beam, could give more options to Western companies and governments that don’t want to — or can’t — use Chinese models.

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2026-10-05 19:01 · Semafor Technology
Reflection AI unveils an open-source Western answer to Chinese labs

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