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Lambert says a new US open-weight model narrows the gap with Chinese models

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Nathan Lambert says US open-weight models trailed Chinese models from February 2026 until a new US release on October 15, 2026, which he says cut the gap by at least half, to roughly three months.

He makes the claim in a post on X. The report does not name the model or give benchmark results supporting the comparison.

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    Lambert says a new US open-weight model narrows the gap with Chinese models

    AINathan Lambert says US open-weight models were behind Chinese models dating to February 2026 until today. He says today's release cut that gap in time by at least half, to roughly three months.

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