asian is bad wording. this is a japanese startup backed by khosla ventures. japan is an ally of west. the title makes it sound like a chinese company did this.

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mksreddy 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The article talks about 1 Chinese and 1 Japanese model.

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threethirtytwo 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Patriotism makes people biased. Better to not hold an identity in this area.

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exidex 5 hours ago | parent [-]

People are biased by definition

	▲	threethirtytwo 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I’m talking about biases as a noun. People have many biases. Patriotism is one form of bias. By having no identity you cannot have that form of bias.

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colordrops 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is that really the most sailent facet of this story? Boxing it by official friend vs foe designations? Don't american academic institutions and corporate entities cooperate closely with Chinese companies as well?

	▲	WarmWash 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The US and China are in a cold war right now, whether that is fully recognized or not, the fight has already begun. The US is blocking models from getting out of the country and China is blocking researchers from getting out of the country. The expectation should be only more closing off in the future.

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vcryan 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We are all people. This ally-of-the-west framing is propaganda. Who has harmed me more: this US or China? Who do I have more in common with: a tech worker in China or a US government official?

(I'm based in US - I use the best tech for the task).