Very interesting how Singapore ranks 2nd in terms of token volume. I wonder if this is potentially Chinese usage via VPN, or if Singaporean consumers and firms are dominating in AI adoption.

Also interesting how the 'roleplaying' category is so dominant, makes me wonder if Google's classifier sees a system prompt with "Act as a X" and classifies that as roleplay vs the specific industry the roleplay was intended to serve.

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olalonde 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Almost certainly VPN traffic. Most major LLMs block both China and Hong Kong (surprisingly, not the other way around), so Singapore ends up being the fastest nearby endpoint that isn't restricted.

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m3h 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why do major LLMs block china? Isn't that a potentially huge market for them?

	▲	mike_hearn an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Early on there was a lot of distillation going on, apparently. Note that OpenAI introduced ID verification for high volume accounts and I think it was for that reason. It does raise questions about how much of the Chinese model's performance is entirely home grown. At least historically, it was quite hard to crawl the English web from behind the Great Firewall.
	▲	olalonde 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm not sure, but my guess is that it's due to pressure (or perceived pressure) from the U.S. government.

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slack2450 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s not VPN traffic all data is aggregated by billing payment information so it’s Singaporean billing details.

	▲	olalonde 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ah, you're right. Still, I wonder if it's because of Chinese people and companies using Singaporean bank accounts. It just seems odd that such a small country is so overrepresented here.