Rise of China’s open source platforms will burst AI bubble

The open source approach championed by some Chinese tech companies is preventing monopoly platforms from taking hold in artificial intelligence (AI). The massive investment in AI is justified in the case of repeat monopoly winners from previous waves of tech development, such as Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, Google and Meta. However, as China views proprietary systems and platforms as potential chokepoints, it is leveraging its market to develop open source substitutes. Users in the wider world...