“ChinAI #284: Alibaba Qwen2.5, the world’s No. 1 open source model?” by Jeffrey Ding

Plus, detailed notes on the fifty-year effort to improve coal mine roof safety.

Featured links

• Why is (Alibaba’s) Tongyi the most popular open-source large model
• The Canary - Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of Labor
• The Fifty-Year Effort to Eliminate Roof Fall Fatalities from U.S. Underground Coal Mines

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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:
October 7th, 2024

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-284-alibaba-qwen25-the-worlds

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