Chinese AI models gain US adoption as OpenAI and Anthropic costs rise
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz
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Chinese AI models from companies like DeepSeek and Z.ai are gaining traction with U.S. companies as costs for proprietary models from OpenAI and Anthropic surge. Developers are increasingly experimenting with cheaper open-source and open-weight models, which offer more transparency and flexibility compared to closed systems. AI startup Lindy moved 100% of its traffic from Anthropic to a Chinese model in June, illustrating the shift. Recent releases from Chinese firms are seen as highly competitive with leading U.S. frontier systems.
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Open-source and open-weight models make different parts of an AI model available for developers to inspect, use and sometimes modify
Recent model releases from Chinese companies including DeepSeek and Z.ai are seen by many as highly competitive compared to leading U.S. frontier systems
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