SemiAnalysis Finds Only 3.6% of 857 Chinese Model Releases Carry Safety Reports
Summary
SemiAnalysis finds that of 857 model releases from nine Chinese labs between September 2021 and September 2026, only 31, about 3.6%, carried safety reports. Alibaba shipped 238 models with seven reports. The firm says enterprises adopting cheaper Chinese open-source models for cost and control take on the safety burden themselves.
Key Points
- SemiAnalysis reports that only 9 safety reports across the entire catalog arrive at or before model release.
- SemiAnalysis says Zhipu Z.ai is the only lab in the group with a strategic commitment to safety.
- SemiAnalysis finds Tencent, Baidu and ByteDance attach only four safety reports to dozens of model releases.