Why is China Pursuing Open-Weight AI Models? | Betting on America @csis
Why is China Pursuing Open-Weight AI Models? | Betting on America  @csis
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Marc Andreessen (a16z) and Navin Girishankar, President of CSIS's Economic Security and Technology Department (@CSIS), on open-source AI models and the U.S.-China technology race.
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