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This Chinese startup is winning the open source AI race

Wired

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Chinese startup 01.AI has released an open-source AI model called Yi-34B, which has garnered attention for outperforming the popular Llama 2 model released by Meta. The company, backed by Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, aims to inspire a loyal developer base by freely sharing its AI models. 01.AI's founder, Kai-Fu Lee, believes that language models like Yi-34B are the key to building the next generation of "killer apps" and aims to lead the AI revolution. The startup is experimenting with AI-first apps for office productivity, creativity, and social media. There's growing interest in 01.AI's model from developers in the West, with some considering it the best available model for certain tasks. However, despite Lee's confidence in China's AI expertise, the industry still lags behind the US. The release of 01.AI's open-source model could potentially put Chinese technology at the forefront of the next phase of the tech industry.