Round Table China China's 2025 tech year-end review
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Dec 29, 2025 2025 marked a pivotal year as technology transformed into a fundamental environment. Hosts discussed impressive breakthroughs like AI, robots, and autonomous vehicles, highlighting China's dominance in AI patents. They delved into the implications of personal-data chips, the evolution towards inference-heavy systems, and the integration of AI in medicine for drug discovery. Exciting developments in humanoid robots and the booming robot rental market were also explored, alongside milestones in China’s ambitious space program.
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Open Model Leapfrogs Cost Barriers
- DeepSeek R1's open model matched top international models while costing far less to train.
- Its rapid adoption shows open source AI can accelerate broader use and innovation.
From Heavy Training To Heavy Reasoning
- The field is shifting from heavy training to heavy reasoning where computation concentrates at inference.
- This change focuses AI effort on thinking during use rather than only on initial training.
Share Models To Speed Progress
- Encourage open-source sharing to prevent monopolies and speed global progress.
- Use shared models and standards to make innovation more efficient and inclusive.