Great post as always!
I have a random thought; it's probably nothing.
Qwen can do more for less cost in many cases, but I worry about security and doing anything to give an authoritative state an edge in the AI competition. Any thoughts on my random thought?
Some research I did:
...this adoption raises security concerns: the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that DeepSeek’s open models are more susceptible to cyber risks than comparable U.S. models. Additionally, Chinese models may censor topics to comply with political pressures and domestic regulations, and using models hosted by Chinese entities could present data privacy risks.
Even if Chinese models are nearly as good as top U.S. models for much lower costs, enterprise customers developing AI-base applications may prefer U.S. models for political and security reasons.
U.S. researchers and companies increasingly rely on Chinese base models, creating long-term dependency on infrastructure with embedded censorship and potential security vulnerabilities.
I may be overly cautious but I don't want to be doing anything to increase China's dominance in anything, especially AI and robots. But that's just me! And I'm sure I own lots and lots of things Made In China so I'm not that concerned after all, maybe! :D
Happy middle of the week! Hang in there, the weekend is coming. :)
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