China’s AI ecosystem is not as open as it claims. Nor is any other country’s | Letters

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China promotes GeoGPT as open but restricts access — This could undermine trust in China's commitment to openness.
Openness frameworks may not fully apply — Countries considering collaboration might need clearer guidelines on what qualifies as truly open AI. Fique de olho: More countries will likely demand transparency and compliance checks for AI projects.

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Responding to an article by China’s ambassador to the UK, Prof Paul H Cleverley advocates shared openness standards, while Dr Claire Jenkins says British AI can offer a distinctive pathAmbassador Zheng Zeguang rightly celebrates openly released AI models, and the Chinese labs behind Qwen, DeepSeek...

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