AI & Enterprise

U.S. tech firms increasingly use Chinese open-source AI models

Demand is rising for Chinese open-source AI models that are relatively cheaper while offering performance close to OpenAI and Anthropic, with interest spreading to major U.S. tech firms. Coinbase is testing Chinese open-weight models as defaults in its LLM gateway. Databricks’ Yu Chen Jin called GLM-5.2 an “open-source Claude moment.” Axios reported Microsoft is reviewing DeepSeek V4 fine-tuned and other open-source models as alternatives.

AI & Enterprise

DeepSeek unveils open-source DSpark technology to boost AI inference speed by up to 85 percent

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has unveiled DSpark, an open-source technology designed to speed up large language model responses, VentureBeat reported. DSpark focuses on optimising the inference process without changing the model itself. In DeepSeek tests, perceived speed improved by 60 to 85 percent and total system throughput rose by as much as 661 percent. The technology can also be applied to other open-source models.