[smith7018]

I'm not sure where "so much less resources" comes from. Training the best model has nothing to do with having the most NVIDIA GPUs around. If that were true then xAI would have the best model. It comes down to the quality of data, research, and financial backing.

[fooker]

They have a pretty seamless workaround nowadays.

Build the data centers in middle eastern and other asian countries. Access it remotely.

There's no real way to restrict this without turning the internet into a draconian locked down shell of itself.

[eckr]

Obviously it comes down to that, but you can't make the claim that GPUs aren't a huge part of it. Otherwise, billions wouldn't be getting invested into them in the west, no? And "financial backing" essentially boils down to the researchers, which boils down to the quality of the data and research, and to compute. I do think they have really smart researchers, obviously — otherwise this wouldn't be possible.