Yes, they run US models on US hardware and there is no alternative. In principle there are indeed Chinese models, but in practice there are also political considerations.
Europe pretty much does not exist in AI and the political considerations at this point push it towards overwhelming dependency on the US.
> Yes, they run US models on US hardware and there is no alternative. In principle there are indeed Chinese models, but in practice there are also political considerations.
Just to be clear, there's actually more of a dependency when using US models, as the vast majority of Chinese models can be self hosted.
And I would have taken the point about political considerations much more seriously pre January 2025.
Chips developed and controlled by the US. Taiwan is controlled by the US. Europe has no leverage.
Europe does not exist in AI. That is the sad truth, no need to try to pick hole in reality... It's quite healthy to listen to EU noise less because otherwise people tend to drink the kool-aid and believe that the EU (and Europe) is anywhere in most strategic developments (AI and related chips are particularly dire but also missed the boat on EV, struggling on renewables, nowhere in smartphones, etc). Yes, there is Arm so that's that (not in the EU).
Europe pretty much does not exist in AI and the political considerations at this point push it towards overwhelming dependency on the US.