The Chinese labs don't have to make money or be profitable. They are funded by the state to achieve the state's goals, and the global praise of their open models just serves as Chinese soft power.

They're state companies, not some kind of ethical VC charity fund project.

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2ndorderthought 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The fun part is, they are making money and have way less to pay off despite 100s of billions in donations than the US companies do.

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Spooky23 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is it so different?

If the US’s fascist experiment continues past the current president, we’ll absolutely be nationalizing frontier companies or exerting equivalent control.

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treis 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, China is very different from the US.

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ThunderSizzle 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sigh. Obama and Biden were as every bit "fascist" as Trump.

I'm glad I get reminded that TDS is real, but everyone forgets that Bush, Obama, and Biden all did things with executive power that Congress ignored or provided little real oversight for. And Congress has proven over the last several decades that their oversight is rather meaningless for the goals of American voters rather than special interests.

But it's all Trump's fault is much more convenient.

	▲	platevoltage 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Certainly Biden and Obama check off a few of the 14 points of Fascism, but are we really being serious here? "TDS" is just a thought terminating cliche.