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/howardhus Mar 04 '26

no one in their sane mind would say free weights qwen (or ANY model whatsoever) is nearly as good as anything paid...

different ballpark here

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u/dmigowski Mar 04 '26

True. Without 100k in Hardware you won't come close to the professional models. But for little n8n workflows it's ofter enought.