ByteDance Open-Sources AI Model That Rivals GPT-4o for Free
ByteDance released their latest large language model under an Apache 2.0 license, claiming performance parity with GPT-4o on key benchmarks. The move signals an accelerating open-source AI arms race in Asia, with Chinese tech giants competing to democratise frontier AI.
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