Why China’s Open-Source AI Models Are Forcing OpenAI to Rethink Its Pricing Strategy — And What It Means for the Developer Ecosystem
Something profound has shifted in the global AI market over the last 18 months. A wave of Chinese open-source model families—led by DeepSeek and Qwen, with strong showings from InternLM, Yi, Baichuan, MiniCPM, GLM, and others—has broken through the ceiling that once separated “research curiosities” from “production-grade workhorses.” The result…
