OpenAI’s new open-source models seen as challenge to China’s lead in the field

Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman said in an X.com post that OpenAI’s two new open-source models were ‘a big deal’

US artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI on Tuesday launched two open-source AI models, a move that is expected to challenge China’s dominance in the field.

Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive at the San Francisco-based firm, said in an X.com post that the two new open models, the GPT-OSS-120b and GPT-OSS-20b, were “a big deal”, adding that the company believed them to be “the best and most usable open models in the world”.

The launch came as more Chinese open-source AI models – including the Qwen family developed by Alibaba Cloud, the AI and cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group Holding – are gaining global popularity. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.

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