[chrsw]

You can make the same argument for closed models. Why spend hundreds of billions training larger and larger models when you can just use Chinese models? Spend that money somewhere else further up the stack where there’s more value. Let China do the training since they’re so efficient at it.

[Levitz]

Because without bigger players, Chinese models don't get anywhere. Playing catch-up is a radically different game.

[szge]

as a big tech company you have the resources to make many bets and do a lot of things at the same time. it's good to have some specialists with knowledge of model training "just in case".

[chrsw]

Even Meta, with all their resources, makes all their hardware in China. Manufacturing anywhere else is just burning cash.