[bel8]

It's funny, in a good way, because their off-peak times match perfectly the werstern peak demand.

[ericmay]

Can folks in China run US-based models? Seems like they should take advantage of this overlap in peak timing.

[culi]

OpenAI and Anthropic restricted API access for developers based in mainland China, citing geopolitical competition and national security risks.

[ericmay]

Yes but does China also restrict Chinese citizens from using these models?

[shanoaice]

Kinda, China has the GFW so you need to circument that to access a larger part of global internet. Though that is relatively "easy" than to get a proper working SMS or KYC for Anthropic or OAI.

[linzhangrun]

Yes, use VPN; they are the main clients

[ericmay]

Why do they use a VPN?

[esseph]

Chinese state firewall?

[weird-eye-issue]

Well not just that, OpenAI explicitly blocks them

[ericmay]

Blocks Chinese users or blocks VPNs? Are they the only one?