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Mercator Institute for China Studies

Berlin-based research institute studying China's politics, economy, society and technology policy.

Current clusters

product1 publisher

Reaching developers in China without a VPN takes a model hub beyond Hugging Face

Alibaba's ModelScope hosts more than 170,000 models for developers in China, where regulators blocked Hugging Face in 2023. Teams shipping open weights to Chinese users have to plan a domestic mirror with usage figures that come mostly from the hubs themselves.

Publishers:restofworld.org

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption35
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence50

leadership5 publishers

Treasury officials floated a nuclear-style alert system before Trump and Xi meet on AI

Both capitals say slowing AI development is unnecessary, so the concrete item going into Wednesday's talks is a bilateral notification channel for AI incidents, with the next treasury session two months out.

Publishers:businessinsider.comcbsnews.comforeignaffairs.comtheguardian.comvox.com

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers

Builder: Builder 22%
Operator: Operator 39%
Investor: Investor 39%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives75
Confidence60