> Chinese companies are not the leaders in the space, so they're salting the earth with insanely powerful SOTA open models to prevent anyone from becoming a run

> Chinese companies are not the leaders in the space, so they're salting the earth with insanely powerful SOTA open models to prevent anyone from becoming a runaway success. While it would be interesting if Chinese companies were releasing their best full models as an intentional strategy to reduce VC funding availability for western AI startups, it would be downright fascinating if the Chinese government was supporting this as a broader geopolitical strategy to slow down the West. It does make sense but would require a remarkable level of insight, coordination and commitment to a costly yet uncertain strategy.