Beijing now home to half of China-developed AI models as more tech talent and investments head to the nation’s capital

The Chinese capital accounts for 40 of around 80 large language models that have been launched in the country. The municipal government of Beijing is offering about US$5.5mil in subsidies for computing resources used to train AI models and applications. — SCMP

Beijing is now home to half of China-developed large language models (LLMs) – representing the technology used to train intelligent chatbots like ChatGPT – as more companies in the country’s second-largest city after Shanghai launch a range of generative artificial intelligence (AI) services to market, according to local authorities.

The Chinese capital, which hosts more than one-third of the country’s “core AI companies”, accounted for 40 of around 80 LLMs that have already been launched, said Jiang Guangzhi, director at Beijing’s Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.