“ChinAI #349: Tokens Made in China?” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured linksChinese Tokens Go Global663B tokens from MiniMaxChinese AI models capture 61% of token use on OpenRouter (sloppy perplexity page)She runs AI safety at Meta. Her AI agent still went rogueState of AI - An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouterPower and Advantage in the AI Era Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 --- First published: March 2nd, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-348-tokens-made-in-china --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.