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How open model ecosystems create compounded growth
Nathan Lambert analyzes China's highly-participatory, open-first AI ecosystem and how it drives innovation through open source models. He reflects on the mechanisms that strengthen open models when multiple actors build on and improve them.
WHY IT MATTERS
The model that China pursues – with broad participation in open development – could be a future competitive advantage that challenges Western closed-model strategies. Understanding these ecosystem effects is critical for assessing the global AI power distribution going forward.
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