As we approach the midpoint of 2025, the once highly anticipated "Six Little Dragons of AI" have all but disappeared from public discourse. The waning influence of DeepSeek is just one contributing factor; the crux of the matter lies in the significant setbacks experienced by some members of this group. Zero One Things, for instance, has entrusted the training of its super-large models to Alibaba and abandoned its quest for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), instead shifting its focus to application development. In an interview, Kai-Fu Lee candidly admitted, "Only large companies can afford to squander money on super-large models. It's as clear as day."
