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China's open-weight AI models trail US closed models by 7 months

A new AI leaderboard, whatmodel.sh, reveals that China's open-weight models are approximately seven months behind the leading US closed-weight models. The leaderboard compiles over 22,000 benchmark results from more than 1,000 sources, with a focus on text models. The data includes both independent evaluations and lab-reported scores, with all dataset and scoring code made publicly available. AI

IMPACT Provides a benchmark for evaluating the progress and competitive landscape of open-weight AI models compared to closed-weight models.

RANK_REASON The cluster presents data from an AI leaderboard that analyzes benchmark results, categorizing it as research. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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China's open-weight AI models trail US closed models by 7 months

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/jakecoolguy ·

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