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TL;DROpenAI wants California to make AI safety rules stricter.
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A look at the narrowing US-China AI gap
TL;DRChinese AI models are cheaper and good enough, closing the gap with US leaders.
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TL;DRNew AI startup claims its smaller model outperforms GPT-5.5 at reproducing research.
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