It's free to download, cheaper to run — and dominated by China.
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Microsoft is considering using a Chinese AI model inside your office software — amplifying how your AI strategy is both a security and a cost calculation now.
Why it matters: Unlike closed models such as Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's ChatGPT, open-source AI is free to download, cheaper to run, and dominated by China.
Soaring Costs Prompt Fresh Interest in Open Source AI. Chinese Firms Are Way Ahead.
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Microsoft integrates DeepSeek's AI models into Azure and tests them for Copilot, even as partners OpenAI and Anthropic warn about…
Free models helped Chinese firms find rapid success – but thin margins are forcing a shift towards hybrid business strategies.
Any company driving higher margins using AI could easily find itself in the crosshairs.
Microsoft's Azure AI revenue in China tripled last fiscal year as ByteDance, Ant Group, and Tencent fuel growth while OpenAI and…
Delphi Digital's Tom Shaughnessy warns China's open source AI strategy is unsustainable as labs face high training costs and…
