{"slug": "thinking-machines-draws-from-chinese-rivals-in-debut-ai-model", "title": "Thinking Machines draws from Chinese rivals in debut AI model", "summary": "Thinking Machines, a new AI startup, has released its debut AI model, which the company says draws on techniques from Chinese rivals. The model aims to compete with offerings from major US and Chinese AI firms.", "body_md": "# Security Verification\n\nFor help please visit [help.ft.com](https://help.ft.com). We\napologise for any inconvenience.\n\nThe following information can help our support team to resolve this issue.\n\n- Reason\n- Challenge\n- Request ID\n- a1ea013beb151d94\n- Status Code\n- 403\n\nFor help please visit [help.ft.com](https://help.ft.com). We\napologise for any inconvenience.\n\nThe following information can help our support team to resolve this issue.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thinking-machines-draws-from-chinese-rivals-in-debut-ai-model", "canonical_source": "https://www.ft.com/content/ef486929-d2c2-480b-8b00-9cb98bda6acf", "published_at": "2026-07-21 11:23:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 11:53:23.975854+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Thinking Machines"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thinking-machines-draws-from-chinese-rivals-in-debut-ai-model", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thinking-machines-draws-from-chinese-rivals-in-debut-ai-model.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thinking-machines-draws-from-chinese-rivals-in-debut-ai-model.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thinking-machines-draws-from-chinese-rivals-in-debut-ai-model.jsonld"}}