# Open-weight AI models add new spark to China, Silicon Valley's AI race

> Source: <https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/open-weight-ai-models-add-140000138.html>
> Published: 2026-08-03 14:00:00+00:00

Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Ines Ferré and Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley to assess and discuss the rising competition between open-weight AI models from China — which are public to download and modify — and Silicon Valley's top artificial intelligence developers.