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# Chinese AI models are catching up to their western competitors

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1uq410n/chinese_ai_models_are_catching_up_to_their/  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

https://preview.redd.it/lwx71pq4rubh1.png?width=2400&format=png&auto=webp&s=9840ff351bc5e4419d8d3b90939d8e294c08f7b5 Was this really that much of a surprise to people. For years, China has been sitting on massive amounts of data I don't think it was that hard to train them. Also i think the chip bans and hardware constraints backfired, because they trained their models to become light weight which i think is way more important for open source.   submitted by   /u/Excellen

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