Comment by echelon
4 hours ago
> we have restrictions that we can't use a chinese model!
Please expand on this if you can. Why can't you? Who mandated this?
4 hours ago
> we have restrictions that we can't use a chinese model!
Please expand on this if you can. Why can't you? Who mandated this?
Last I heard, US defense contractors had been directed to not use Deepseek in their operations late last year[0], and most have taken that as an indicator that they shouldn’t be using chinese models generally.
[0] https://digitalpolicyalert.org/change/20659-physical-and-cyb...
US politics. Lot of US corps now ban Chinese models, don’t ask me why, the people in charge are just dumb fucks
Seems like a reasonable policy to me, depending on the sector at the least? Even with open weight / self-hosted models, there's no way to know if the model has been fine-tuned to contain malicious behaviour, triggered only within very specific conditions.
In fairness this doesn't warrant the way that the policy targets Chinese models specifically, but Chinese providers do fall under the broader category of entities that cannot be prosecuted by the U.S. law if such behaviour is found.
Are there actually any laws to break?
Alibaba (Qwen) at least has plenty of people in US offices to go arrest.
Executives live in a weird bubble driven largely by consulting firms. Right now those firms are spreading FUD about Chinese models.
Theyre driven bootlickers because you dont get hired if not boot shaped.