Published Aug 22, 2026, 8:16 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source

Chinese AI models are closing the performance gap with US models and gaining global usage due to cost-effectiveness and local deployment capabilities

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Chinese AI models, especially after the Kimi K3 release in July, have significantly narrowed the performance gap with US models and are gaining global usage, surpassing US models on platforms like OpenRouter, primarily due to their lower costs and the ability to be deployed locally.