@LinusEkenstam: The average release cycle for China-U.S. AI models has shortened to 44 days. It has been 49 days since the latest major…
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The average release cycle for China-U.S. AI models has shortened to 44 days, with 49 days having passed since major Chinese LLM releases like Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and GLM-5.3-Flash, prompting speculation that a new Chinese release is imminent despite perceived quiet from Chinese labs.
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The average release cycle for China-U.S. AI models has shortened to 44 days.
It has been 49 days since the latest major LLM releases from China (such as Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.3-Flash on August 26, 2026).
I’m pretty sure next release is imminent
Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus): It’s strange how quiet things are coming out of China right now, and how little we hear from the Chinese AI labs. It’s as if the US is leaving China in the dust.
Four US labs are releasing sota Frontier, and there are no significant releases from China.
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