Rationalism and Divergent Sinomodernity
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
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Moonshot AI’s release of its Kimi K3 model before Xi Jinping’s July 2026 World AI Conference speech highlighted a broader question about China’s AI strategy. Contrary to widespread Western expectation
Where’s the “intelligence explosion”?
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
1w ago
Ramez Naam argues that current evidence does not support predictions of an imminent “intelligence explosion” or FOOM—a runaway cycle in which AI rapidly improves itself into artificial superintelligen
Involution Without Export Is Wasted Effort
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IrregularChat: Tech
2w ago
David Cheng’s account of a week visiting China’s AI ecosystem argues that Chinese AI must be understood against a weak domestic economy. Beijing traffic was unusually light, youth unemployment reached
Three U.S. national security agencies — the NSA, CISA, and FBI — issued a joint advisory warning that Chinese AI companies are using “distillation” tactics to extract knowledge from leading U.S. model
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 has reignited debate over Chinese AI models and U.S. AI dominance. The article argues that open-weight models from China are now highly competitive with leading American systems,
A circulating social media claim says the US government has detected American AI watermarks inside Chinese AI models, but the allegation remains unverified. No named US agency has confirmed it, and no
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the Trump administration will investigate whether Chinese artificial intelligence models have been distilled from American models, warning that
The article argues that China is undermining U.S. AI dominance not just through better models, but through a better distribution strategy. AI models themselves have limited long-term “moat” because us
Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, and Anthropic's (potential) Unravelling
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emergingtrajectories.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Jul 20
Two new state-of-the-art foundation models, Moonshot Labs’ Kimi K3 and Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8, were launched recently and are reportedly close to Anthropic’s Fable 5 in performance. Their upcoming public
the-independent.com
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IrregularChat: Tech
Jul 3
A recent report from cloud security firm Sysdig says an AI system carried out a cyberattack from start to finish without human oversight, marking what researchers believe is the first documented case
OpenRouter’s Jacky Liang tested 11 large language models in a custom 2D battle royale game to see how they perform when they are the agents themselves, not just code generators. Over 30 matches, model
The document argues that China’s “open AI” strategy—centered on open-source/open-weight models—creates reinforcing feedback loops that translate model innovation into industrial dominance. First, it d
The passage argues that abstractions in computing can be both empowering and dangerous. As systems have become easier to use, developers have needed less knowledge of hardware and low-level behavior,
AI as economic warfare
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Mar 16
The author discusses the role of open-source AI models as a form of economic warfare, drawing parallels to historical conflicts between proprietary software and open-source alternatives. Open-source s
In recent months, a surge of unexplained bot traffic has been reported across various websites, predominantly from Lanzhou, China, and Singapore. Alejandro Quintero, a Bogotá-based data analyst with a
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web | WIRED
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Feb 15
In recent months, a surge of unexplained bot traffic has been reported across various websites, predominantly from Lanzhou, China, and Singapore. Alejandro Quintero, a Bogotá-based data analyst with a
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web | WIRED
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Feb 15
A sudden surge of bot traffic from China, particularly the city of Lanzhou, has been affecting various websites globally, including those dedicated to paranormal topics and lifestyle blogs. In October
CL-bench Leaderboard
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Feb 6
CL-bench is a benchmarking tool designed to assess the context learning capabilities of language models. Unlike traditional evaluations that rely on pre-trained knowledge, CL-bench requires models to
The Myth of the AI Race
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Jan 12
The Trump administration's AI action plan, "Winning the AI Race," frames AI competition as a zero-sum game between the U.S. and China, but this perspective is misleading. The AI landscape is fragmenti
The article discusses the evolution of China's open-weight AI ecosystem nearly a year after the "DeepSeek moment," highlighting its diversity and global implications. It examines how these models are