AI

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LLMs, generative AI and model benchmarks in depth — open (China) vs cloud (US) model comparisons.

China's open LLMs vs US cloud LLMs in 2026: a narrowing gap

Moonshot's Kimi K3 pulled the best open (Chinese) model to within about three points of the US closed frontier in July 2026. But the tidy 'China is cheap and open, the US is pricey and closed' split is breaking down.

Jul 23, 2026

How to self-host an open LLM in 2026: hardware and cost

A practical 2026 guide to running open-weight LLMs yourself: the VRAM math, which serving framework to use, what fits one GPU vs a server, and when self-hosting actually beats an API.

Jul 23, 2026