China: Neues KI-Modell soll ausschließlich auf chinesischen Chips laufen
Das zunächst anonym veröffentlichte KI-Modell Ox Alpha aus China hat in wenigen Tagen viele chinesische Nutzer gefunden. Nun verrät der Entwickler, wie er das Modell weiterentwickeln will.
China's artificial intelligence startup Zhipu has confirmed that Ox Alpha, the newly released artificial intelligence model, runs exclusively on Chinese-designed chips. The application surged to the top of user charts over the weekend, leading to a temporary stock price increase of up to 8.6% for the Beijing-based company, which operates under the name Z.ai.
Ox Alpha was initially released anonymously on OpenRouter, the platform where the model made its debut, marking the largest launch of a model on the platform to date. The surge in interest and engagement within a short period was evident on the OpenRouter site's ranking.
During the testing phase, Ox Alpha operated entirely on domestically produced Chinese AI chips, as confirmed by Zhipu in a blog post. This demonstrates that "domestic chips are capable of efficiently and cost-effectively supporting the computational needs of cutting-edge models," the company stated. Despite US export restrictions on Nvidia's most powerful chips, Chinese AI companies like the startup Moonshot and tech giant Alibaba have unveiled large language models in recent weeks that can keep pace with leading US providers Anthropic and OpenAI, at least in part.
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