restofworld.org/2026/china-open-source-ai-hugging-face-modelscope-moark The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face
China blocked Hugging Face in 2023, yet regulators quietly let domestic AI labs dodge the firewall to keep sharing models globally. The gap birthed rivals like Alibaba's ModelScope, now hosting over 170,000 models, and OSChina's MoArk.
— via Rest of World, Viola Zhou
