“ChinAI #313: China’s Big 5 Foundation Model Companies” by Jeffrey Ding

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• China’s Big 5 Foundation Model Companies contend for supremacy
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• UC San Diego Book Talk
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• TNSR article
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• The Romance of Being Unreadable

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

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First published:
May 19th, 2025

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-313-chinas-big-5-foundation

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