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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”.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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(Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by David Stanway)
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This story was originally published October 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM.