Tag: China
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Chinese startup MiniMax just dropped M2.5, its most powerful model yet. But M2.5 flopped in my testing, scoring a C+. That’s only slightly better than MiniMax’s prior model, which I gave a C last month. Let me show you where this model works and where it fails… Round #1: Automating…
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With tariffs and growing authoritarianism, Apple has every reason to leave China. So why doesn’t it? China has several critical advantages. In Apple in China, Patrick McGee shows us why Apple isn’t leaving any time soon. “There’s no way that they could diversify from China in any meaningful way within…
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Moonshot AI recently dropped Kimi K2.5, its most powerful model ever. But in my testing, K2.5 failed miserably. When I reviewed Kimi K2 in November, it was a real threat to ChatGPT and Grok. But K2.5 feels like a major downgrade. Across a range of queries, K2.5 delivered useless results.…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, DeepSeek, Investing, Kimi, LLM, Open source, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Chinese AI startup MiniMax is going public this week at a $7 billion valuation. But its model flopped in my testing. I ran MiniMax through three tests with real world questions. These are harder to game than benchmarks. Let me show you where MiniMax does well and where it struggles……
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Finance, Investing, Large Language Model, LLM, Startups, Stock Market, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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China is about to launch its first AI model IPO, Zhipu AI. Investors may be excited, but Zhipu’s product is weak. China’s first IPO of an LLM startup, Zhipu AI, will start trading Thursday. The IPO is expected to value Zhipu at nearly USD $7 billion. This morning, I ran…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Finance, Investing, IPO, LLM, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Germany’s car industry has lost 51,000 jobs in the last year. VW cut 35,000, ThyssenKrupp 11,000, and Bosch nearly 6,000. What’s causing the collapse in German industry? Crushed By Energy Prices German manufacturers are cutting capacity because building things in Germany has become too expensive. One of the biggest culprits…
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Kimi just dropped Kimi 2 Thinking. I tested it this morning. It’s as good as Grok 4, the best model I’ve ever used. In July, I ran the prior Kimi through testing. It scored a B+, solid but below Grok 4. This time, Kimi performed far better. Let me show…
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Tencent is worth $600 billion, making it the largest company in China. But very few Americans have tried its AI models. This morning, I tested their most powerful model yet… Tencent released Hunyuan-T1 in April. T1 is their most powerful reasoning model. But can it beat the best from America?…
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A new model from China claims to be the best in the world. But can Kimi beat the best from America? This morning, I tested it to find out… Kimi is open source and can be used to create powerful AI agents. The startup that built Kimi, Moonshot AI, claims…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Grok, LLM, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, xAI+
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DeepSeek just dropped a new model, R1-0528. Has China leapfrogged the US? This morning, I tested the model to find out. DeepSeek shocked the world with its R1 release in January. But when I put it up against the best from Gemini, DeepSeek lost. Let’s see how DeepSeek’s latest release…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, DeepSeek, LLM, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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