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Intel CEO says Chinese frontier AI model adoption has been ‘very fast’

By Thomson Reuters Oct 12, 2026 | 2:44 AM

SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Monday that ​the token costs ‌of Chinese frontier AI models have been lower and adoption has been “very fast”.

• At ‌a ​panel organised ⁠by lender DBS ⁠on Monday, Tan said the performances of Chinese models, such as DeepSeek, Kimi and ​GLM, are “good enough”.

• “I’m a strong believer of ⁠open source, ⁠that’s the best way ​to drive efficiency,” he ​said, adding that markets will ‌decide which models will benefit different use cases the most.

• He added ⁠that quantum computing could become mainstream in the next three ⁠to ‌five years and ⁠that software will play ​a ‌role in driving ​the efficient ⁠use of some of the infrastructure that will be required.

(Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by ​David Stanway)