Chinese Labs Open-Source a 1.6-Trillion-Parameter Model Trained on Domestic Chips
Meituan released LongCat-2.0 under an MIT license, part of a wave of massive open-weight models from Chinese labs built to sidestep restricted hardware.
Chinese AI labs are open-sourcing models at a scale that would have been headline news from any Western lab, and doing so under permissive licenses. According to @v_shakthi, Meituan released LongCat-2.0 — a 1.6-trillion-parameter model — under an MIT license, part of a broader push of massive open-weight releases from Chinese labs.
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