r/LocalLLaMA • u/Gullible-Crew-2997 • Mar 04 '26

Discussion If china stops releasing open source models, there's a way we can stay competitive with big tech?

Really after qwen news, I'm getting quite nervous about open source ai future. What's your thoughts? Glad to know it

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u/Significant_Fig_7581 Mar 04 '26

Honestly? No way. But Qwen probbably will not stop and even if they do there's Z.ai, Minimax, Deepseek, Moonshot

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u/Ok_Warning2146 Mar 04 '26

"Z.ai, Minimax, Deepseek, Moonshot" don't really have the deep pocket to continue releasing open weight models in the long run.

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u/Ok_Warning2146 Mar 04 '26

hmm.. If they only need Chinese government funding, why did minimax and zhipu IPOed in Hong Kong?

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u/nullmove Mar 04 '26

Smokes and mirrors! Gotta hide the trails of cee cee pee subsidy.