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AI race splits in two as China wages open-weight insurgency
China's latest AI breakthrough is forcing Silicon Valley to confront a terrifying possibility: Building the world's smartest models may no longer be enough to win. Why it matters: Chinese labs like Moonshot AI are cornering the market for cheap, customizable intelligence, threatening to turn America's prestige models into expensive niche products. Driving the news: Companies were already shifting away from premium AI models and toward cheaper Chinese alternatives before Moonshot's Kimi K3 explo…
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