Chinese open-weight models accounted for 17.1% of global AI model downloads over the year ending in August 2025. That narrowly surpassed the US share of 15.86%—the first time China had led in this metric.
大多数人认为美国在AI领域一直处于绝对领先地位，但作者认为中国开源模型下载量已超过美国，这是全球AI格局发生重大转变的标志。这一数据挑战了人们对AI发展路径的传统认知，表明中国通过开放源代码策略正在赢得全球开发者的青睐。