Anyone else find it weird how all Chinese Labs started delaying OS model releases at the same time?

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 4/5/2026

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The post claims multiple Chinese AI labs (e.g., Minimax, GLM, Qwen, and Mimo) are simultaneously delaying the release of their latest OS models while also stopping or changing open-sourcing plans.
It argues the labs are making similar promises about model improvements and “soon” releases, describing the synchronized timing as suspicious or non-organic.
The author speculates the pattern may reflect a coordinated shift toward keeping future models closed rather than openly releasing them.
The post notes the delays have already extended by about 2–3 weeks to a month and warns that upcoming releases could slip further to longer timeframes.

Minimax-m2.7, GLM-5.1/5-turbo/5v-turbo, Qwen3.6, Mimo-v2-pro all of them are now not open sourcing their latest models and they are all making the same promises that they are improving the models and will release them soon...

It's fine, but this pattern that all of them decided the same thing at the same time and are making the exact same promises is very weird. It's almost like they all came together and decided to do this together. This does not feel organic...

I can't help but feel something is off... could it be that they are slowly trying to transition into keeping their future models closed? It's 2-3 weeks or a month now but with the next model it's gonna be 3 then 6 months and then nothing.

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