Chinese AI models and open-weight AI

The Roadmap

The Roadmap
Chinese AI models and open-weight AI
Aug 19, 2026 Episode 48
Bristows LLP

In our latest Roadmap podcast, Vik Khurana and Tom Sharpe,  discuss something a lot of clients are asking about right now: use of Chinese AI models and open-weight AI.

They also take a look at what’s happening on the UK sovereign AI side of things.

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