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US Risks Losing AI Edge to China's Open Models

11/20/2025

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  • The United States is losing ground in open-weight AI models, despite leading in artificial intelligence since 2022.
  • Chinese companies such as Kimi and Alibaba offer downloadable, modifiable models.
  • Nathan Lambert of the ATOM Project urges the United States to develop competitive open models to spur innovation and protect information.
  • Meta and other U.S. firms are shifting toward superhuman AI, while China releases the open DeepSeek-R1 model in January 2025.