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Latest open artifacts (#21): Open model bonanza! Gemma 4, DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2.6, MiMo 2.5, GLM-5.1 & others. On CAISI's V4 assessment.
An eventful month with one flagship release after another
This month was packed, with all open frontier labs, including DeepSeek, releasing new models. The latter prompted an evaluation by the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI)...
How open model ecosystems compound
Further reflections on China's high-participation, open-first AI ecosystem.
Note: Voice-overs for paywalled posts are available for paid subscribes in podcast apps if you click on settings on Interconnects, then manage your description. Th...
Notes from inside China's AI labs
Staring out the window on a new, high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai I’m gifted with views of dramatic ridgelines speckled with wind turbines that are silhouetted against the setting sun. The mountains cast a backdrop to a mix of spa...
The distillation panic
‘Distillation attacks’ is a horrible term for what is happening right now. Yes, some Chinese labs are hacking or jailbreaking APIs to attempt to extract more signal from model APIs — stopping this is important to maintain the U.S.’s lead in...
Reading today's open-closed performance gap
The complex factors that determine the single evaluation number so many focus on. Plus, how this changes in the future.
It’s a clear, current equilibrium that open models will be in perpetual catch-up of closed models, but this gap being v...
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ML researcher making sense of AI research, products, and the uncertain technological future. PhD from Berkeley AI. Experience at Meta, DeepMind, HuggingFace.
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