Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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China is building cheaper and increasingly sophisticated open-weight AI models now at a faster pace. Yasir Atalan, deputy director and data fellow in CSIS' Futures Lab, explains why this matters and what the U.S. can do to stay ahead in this race.
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