[WarmWash]

The Chinese labs don't have to make money or be profitable. They are funded by the state to achieve the state's goals, and the global praise of their open models just serves as Chinese soft power.

They're state companies, not some kind of ethical VC charity fund project.

[2ndorderthought]

The fun part is, they are making money and have way less to pay off despite 100s of billions in donations than the US companies do.

[Spooky23]

Is it so different?

If the US’s fascist experiment continues past the current president, we’ll absolutely be nationalizing frontier companies or exerting equivalent control.

[treis]

Yes, China is very different from the US.