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Meta and Nvidia plant 'very firm flag' in open-weight AI race led by Chinese Labs

Meta and Nvidia are intensifying efforts to compete in the open-weight AI model market, where Chinese labs currently lead. Meta released Llama 3.1, an open-weight model, while Nvidia introduced Nemotron-4 340B, aiming to strengthen the U.S. position in the global AI race.

read1 min views30 publishedAug 12, 2026
Meta and Nvidia plant 'very firm flag' in open-weight AI race led by Chinese Labs
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CNBC TechnologyWith China way ahead in the market for open- weightmodels, Meta andNvidiaare both doing what they can to put the U.S. on the map.Get AI news in your inbox

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