US needs more small, efficient models. Case in point, Qwen3.
> Instead of focusing solely on building the most powerful and costly tool sets, [America] should also invest in more affordable models, he said. Otherwise, businesses and consumers around the world might choose Chinese alternatives. America needs “to invest in smaller models that can be used by other countries, that can be used with lower infrastructure and lower costs. They may not be as powerful, but would be just as important.”
bigyabai•9mo ago
> DOGE’s ambition to make the federal government more tech-savvy is another plus, Rozanski said at the World Economy Summit. “You can’t implement AI on a 1950s computer system,” he said.
Strictly speaking, you can. It's arguably quite easy if you're just making networked API calls.
walterbell•9mo ago
> Instead of focusing solely on building the most powerful and costly tool sets, [America] should also invest in more affordable models, he said. Otherwise, businesses and consumers around the world might choose Chinese alternatives. America needs “to invest in smaller models that can be used by other countries, that can be used with lower infrastructure and lower costs. They may not be as powerful, but would be just as important.”