Five Chinese AI Labs Launch Major Models Before Lunar New Year
GLM-5, Kimi K2.5, Qwen 3.5, Doubao 2.0, and MiniMax M2.2 arrive in the most concentrated wave of Chinese AI releases. Some are open-source. Here's what matters.
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Tiiny AI Pocket Lab: Scrutinizing Its 120B Claim
Tiiny AI says its 300-gram Pocket Lab runs 120B models locally. The design is plausible, but performance and privacy claims remain unverified.
DeepSeek's Engram: The Memory Trick That Bypasses GPU Restrictions
China's most innovative AI lab published a technique that lets large language models store knowledge in cheap system RAM instead of expensive GPU memory. It's a direct response to US export controls -- and it works.
GLM-4.7: The $3 Coding Model That Beats Claude on Benchmarks
China's Zhipu AI released an open-weight model that outscores Claude Sonnet 4.5 on tool use benchmarks. It costs $3/month. The Flash version runs on your laptop.