Category
Chinese AI
DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, and the rest of the Chinese AI ecosystem: model reviews, comparisons, and statistics. 34 articles.
Find Talent Now
Qwen 3 Review: Testing Alibaba’s Open-Source AI in Real Tasks
Updated August 2026: Qwen 3 was Alibaba’s newest model when this review was written, and the comparisons below were made…
![ERNIE AI Chatbot. ERNIE AI Chatbot: Baidu's LLM Model Review [Tested], by Second Talent.](https://www.secondtalent.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ernie-chatbot-baidu-llm-review-featured-v2-768x403.jpg)
ERNIE AI Chatbot: Baidu’s LLM Model Review [Tested]
Updated August 2026: Baidu has moved fast since this review was published. In June 2025 it open-sourced the entire Ernie…
GLM 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5: Which Model Leads Agentic AI?
Updated August 2026: GLM 4.6 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 were both released in September 2025 and are the models tested…
GLM 4.6 for Coding: Z.ai Chat Review
Updated August 2026: GLM 4.6 was Z.ai’s flagship when this hands-on review was written. Since then, Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI)…
Kimi k1.5 vs DeepSeek R1: Which is the Better LLM?
Kimi K1.5 and DeepSeek R1 are leading Chinese LLMs pushing the limits of open-source AI. Discover how they compare in…
Top 10 Hottest Chinese AI Startups to Watch in 2026
TL;DR: China's AI race entered a new phase in 2026: Zhipu AI (now Z.ai) and MiniMax both went public in…
AI Trends in China 2026: Models, Price and the Talent Squeeze
Chinese models went from a rounding error to roughly 61% of OpenRouter token volume while the US share fell to…
Top 5 Chinese Open-Source LLMs Dominating 2026
Ranked on July 2026 benchmarks: Kimi K3 is the largest open-weight model ever released, DeepSeek V4-Pro ties closed frontier models…
Top 5 Chinese AI Coding Assistants You Should Try in 2026
Refreshed with July 2026 benchmarks: Kimi K3 leads on agentic coding at 88.3% Terminal-Bench 2.1, DeepSeek V4-Pro matches it on…
Every Kimi AI Model Explained and Compared (Sep, 2026)
Moonshot's Kimi K2.6 is a 1T-parameter open-weight MoE (32B active) at $0.60/$2.50, 256K context, with K2.7 Code and K2 Thinking…
Every DeepSeek AI Model Explained and Compared (Sep, 2026)
DeepSeek makes the cheapest strong models: V4-Flash at $0.14/$0.28, V4-Pro, 1M context, a thinking mode (the old R1), and MIT…
Every Qwen AI Model Explained and Compared (Sep, 2026)
Qwen is Alibaba's model family: free Apache 2.0 open weights you self-host, or a cheap paid API with Max, Plus,…
Need to hire instead of read? We can help.
Get pre-vetted senior talent matched in 24 hours. $0 upfront. Pay only when you make a hire.
Find Talent Now