{
  "id": 11275,
  "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3360820/giant-models-grab-headlines-some-chinese-start-ups-bet-smaller-phone-ready-ai",
  "title": "Giant models grab headlines, but some Chinese start-ups bet on smaller phone-ready AI",
  "summary": "As the global artificial intelligence race pushes the limits of scale with massive, trillion-parameter models, a parallel contest is heating up over smaller systems. Instead of relying on sprawling, power-hungry cloud data centres, a growing number of tech companies in China and elsewhere are turning to lightweight models designed to run entirely on smartphones or laptops. Proponents said this localised approach would be a game-changer, promising faster processing, enhanced data privacy and...",
  "authors": "Xinmei Shen",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-07-16T13:30:06.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-17T05:10:53.887Z",
  "source_slug": "x-scmp-tech-hk-cn",
  "source_name": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.scmp.com/tech",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11275",
  "original_url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3360820/giant-models-grab-headlines-some-chinese-start-ups-bet-smaller-phone-ready-ai",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}