Frontier Radar #4: China has caught up, so what's left of the Western AI lead?

Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 are now within striking distance of the best US models. Western labs blame distillation, and there's real evidence for it. But guilty or not, the conclusion is the same: a model lead can't be defended. This issue looks at what can. The article Frontier Radar #4: China has caught…

Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 are now within striking distance of the best US models. Western labs blame distillation, and there's real evidence for it. But guilty or not, the conclusion is the same: a model lead can't be defended. This issue looks at what can. The article Frontier Radar #4: China has caught up, so what's left of the Western AI lead? appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published August 20, 2026 at 14:08 UTC — Category: Models