China Promotes Open Weights as AI Strategy
With X unobserved, China promotes downloadable weights as industrial policy while training transparency, actual availability, adoption and safety remain different measures of openness.
David Chen
Bureau: Beijing
Butterfly Lovers Composer Chen Gang Dies at 91
Chen Gang, co-composer of the 1959 Butterfly Lovers concerto, died at 91; X's famous-work frame misses the teacher and wider Chinese concert catalogue.
Vietnam Flash Flood Kills at Least Four, Leaves Four Missing
At least four people were killed and four remain missing; damaged roads, power lines and homes turn the flood into a continuing service and warning test.
Shanghai Startup Launches Orbital Computing Constellation
Reuters reports the first satellites launched, while spectacle outruns the health, links and completed workloads needed to call them a data center in space.