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China's Cheap Open AI Models Now Dominate Developer Traffic

Original: China's Cheap, Open AI Models Now Power Most Global Developer Traffic, Alarming Washington

Chinese open-source AI models, offered at low cost, now account for the majority of developer traffic worldwide, according to a report highlighting the rapid global adoption of models from Chinese providers. The trend has raised alarm in Washington, where officials worry that cheap, freely available Chinese AI could shape critical infrastructure and give Beijing strategic influence over the technology stack used by developers globally.

Why now: Growing US-China tech rivalry has put the global spread of Chinese AI models at the centre of policy debate.

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