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DeepSeek releases the efficiency-focused DeepSeek-V2
DeepSeek releases a 236B mixture-of-experts model that combines sparse activation with latent attention to cut training and inference costs.
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China’s Open-Model Playbook
Follow the market’s shifts from bilingual chat models and hyperscaler-backed open families to sparse MoE efficiency, controllable reasoning, and long-context products across ChatGLM, Qwen, DeepSeek, and Kimi.
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- 02Open-source release
Zhipu AI releases ChatGLM3 with native tool use
ChatGLM3 adds native function calling and code execution to a compact 6B model, shifting the ChatGLM line from conversation toward agent-like workflows.
- 03Open-source release
Alibaba Cloud opens the Qwen foundation-model family
Alibaba Cloud releases Qwen as a multilingual open-weight foundation-model family, giving developers a major China-built alternative across model sizes.
- 04Open-source release
Zhipu AI releases the bilingual ChatGLM-130B
Zhipu AI releases a 130-billion-parameter dialogue model built for Chinese and English, establishing the first generation of the ChatGLM line.