News Explorer — The Open-Source Yi Series AI Model From China Has More Capacity than U.S. Competitors

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The Open-Source Yi Series AI Model From China Has More Capacity than U.S. Competitors

The Yi series, an open-source AI model developed in China, has gained attention for its ability to handle up to 200,000 tokens of context, surpassing other popular models like Claude and GPT-4 Turbo. Created by Beijing Lingyi Wanwu Information Technology Company, the Yi models come in two versions and have quickly become popular on platforms like Hugging Face. Despite a limitation when prompts occupy more than 65% of its capacity, the Yi series performs well and offers greater control and customization for users.