The New York Times pointed out that while Sora had yet to be released from OpenAI, Kuaishou has released Kling, Worldwide. It’s pretty good. Check out this bringing works of art to life.
They have taken a much more relaxed attitude towards open-source, going for a rising tide, rather than head-to-head competition. State funding has encouraged open-source so that the market in AI can develop faster. This is clever, even Llama, the US open-source model, owes a lot to Chinese open-source work. But that is not the whole story, as Baidu has built its own technology, as they see more profit in proprietary product.
The chipsets are a problem, as Taiwan and the US have a clear lead but China has a habit of catching up, as it has with electric cars, plunging the German economy into the doldrums. The US has also be strong in the Chip Wars. But we can see where this will end up – the Chinese will get there by hook or by crook (in both senses of the word.
Free from some of the regulatory constraints in the West, although they have many of hteir own, Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, SenseTime, 4Paradigm and Yitu Technology. Startups include Zhipu AI, MiniMax, Baichuan AI, Moonshot AI, 01.AI, StepFun, and Model Best. 01.Ai has caused a reals stir by coming up with aChatGPT4o rival. It’’s pretty good. On the next applications levels, iFlytek, SenseTime, Cloudwalk and DJI have received attention for facial recognition, sound recognition and drone technologies.
This is the new space race, with the US and China (Russia no longer a player). AGI is the new equivalent of landing on the moon. China is the main rival to the US, with Europe not even out of the trap. They have their own approach to regulation and promise to give hte US a run for their money. What they don't have is a culture of innovation.
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