Beyond DeepSeek: China’s Diverse Open-Weight AI Ecosystem and Its Policy Implications

Assessing China's open-weight LLM ecosystem one year after the DeepSeek moment

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In collaboration with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, DigiChina has released an issue brief on China's open-weight large language model (LLM) ecosystem. We survey the landscape, profile four prominent model families, and assess both diversity and commonality in China's open-weigh AI scene. Finally, we assess potential policy implications for countries and interests around the world.

The brief's home page is here, and the full brief in PDF format is here.