US and Chinese AI labs are quietly building on each other's models, even as distillation fight rages
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Jul 20, 2026, 2:31 am219 ptsTrendingTop
Digitimes
The distillation dispute between US and Chinese AI labs has been framed as a one-way street: American firms accuse Chinese rivals of copying their models. However, a run of recent launches shows the borrowing goes both ways, with prominent US developers now building products on top of Chinese open models.
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