Rednote joins wave of Chinese firms releasing open-source AI models

China’s Rednote, one of the country’s most popular social media platforms, has released an open-source large language model, joining a wave of Chinese tech firms making their artificial intelligence models freely available.

The approach contrasts with many U.S. tech giants like OpenAI and Google, which have kept their most advanced models proprietary, though some American firms including Meta have also released open-source models.

Open sourcing allows Chinese companies to demonstrate their technological capabilities, build developer communities and…