Archive - Interconnects

Ranking the Chinese Open Model Builders

From the obvious names to those to keep an eye on.

Aug 17 •

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Contra Dwarkesh on Continual Learning

Don't try to make your airplane too much like a bird.

Aug 15 •

Latest open artifacts (#13): The abundance era of open models

Mostly thanks to Qwen, but now we're spoiled for choice and winds are shifting.

Aug 11 •

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What I've been reading (#2): More on Kimi K2, how to build a bad research center, Pretraining with RL, and sporks of AGI

A quiet summer is all you need.

Aug 10 •

GPT-5 and the arc of progress

Overpromising will always lead to some sort of underdelivering, but what we're getting is still phenomenal.

Aug 7 •

gpt-oss: OpenAI validates the open ecosystem (finally)

OpenAI's first open language model release since GPT 2 and what it means for the ecosystem.

Aug 5 •

Towards American Truly Open Models: The ATOM Project

Rebranding American DeepSeek into a more lasting brand. From an idea to a coalition with real impact.

Aug 4 •

July 2025

Interviewing Ross Taylor on the state of AI: Chinese open models, scaling reasoning, useful tools, and what comes next

Listen now | Interconnects Interview #14. Ross's second time on the show.

Jul 29 •

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The White House's plan for open models & AI research in the U.S.

Thoughts on the new AI Action plan, American DeepSeek, and what comes next.

Jul 23 •

Latest open artifacts (#12): Chinese models continue to dominate throughout the summer 🦦

Artifacts Log 12.

Jul 22 •

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Kimi K2 and when "DeepSeek Moments" become normal

One "DeepSeek Moment" wasn't enough for us to wake up, hopefully we don't need a third.

Jul 14 •

xAI's Grok 4: The tension of frontier performance with a side of Elon favoritism

An o3 class model, the possibility of progress, chatbot beige, and the illusiveness of taste.

Jul 12 •

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