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Chinese Open Weight AI Models On Track to Match Western Frontier by Christmas
Peter Diamandis
Why the US Government Is Blocking Model Releases (GPT-5.6) | #267
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"If you extrapolate it, depending on how you calculate that time delta, the number is on a trajectory to go to zero by Christmas of this year. GLM 5.2 is maybe $25 million worth of compute, and with the right harness, OpenModels already can be at the top."
Analysis shows Chinese open-weight models are rapidly closing the capability gap with Western frontier labs, potentially reaching parity by late 2025. ByteDance's GLM 5.2, built for roughly $25 million, can already outperform GPT-5.5 on the most difficult coding benchmarks when paired with proper harnesses. This suggests US government export controls may be too late, as existing publicly available models can be enhanced to exceed restricted frontier capabilities.
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