"This gap closely resembles the broader gap between proprietary and open-weight models. This is unsurprising since nearly all leading Chinese models are open-we

"This gap closely resembles the broader gap between proprietary and open-weight models. This is unsurprising since nearly all leading Chinese models are open-weight, while frontier US models remain closed." Open weights has nothing to do with why the U.S. is leading. That would imply the US is taking advantage to maintain their lead using at the very least, knowledge extracted from competitors open weights.