The "race" analogy is entirely driven by venture capital framing: they are interested in controlling the market usually done by getting to a certain dominant position within the overall space thereby crowding out new entrants and being able to direct where the market goes.
China's lead efforts on the other hand look to the long view - by releasing their products as open-source they can improve on each other's work. No one controls the market but there is constant competition and innovation.
All this is besides the point, however, for this article claims that OpenAI is using China as an excuse to have unfettered access to all copyrighted works through the fair use loophole.
So the crux is whether we believe in "innovation uber alles" or intellectual property rights.
China's lead efforts on the other hand look to the long view - by releasing their products as open-source they can improve on each other's work. No one controls the market but there is constant competition and innovation.
All this is besides the point, however, for this article claims that OpenAI is using China as an excuse to have unfettered access to all copyrighted works through the fair use loophole.
So the crux is whether we believe in "innovation uber alles" or intellectual property rights.