It's about playing to two different audiences.
The CCP requires extensive certification for new major releases, to make sure a model doesn't do anything they don't want it to.
To get around this, Chinese labs only bump versions when they have to and usually claim it's a minor update.
Then on the other side, they're obviously trying to market to the tech crowd...
Source?
Everything in China is strictly regulated but loosely enforced. Just take that as a grain of salt
Drum Tower podcast (from the Economist, paywalled) about Chinese AI.
Would highly recommend it, it's IMO the only serious Western reporting about China.
> the only serious Western reporting about China.
as good as Gordon Chang.
I don't know who that is, but from a quick Google he doesn't exactly seem trustworthy?
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