Claim that six or seven Chinese labs are targeting 10-40 trillion parameter models within two years

@zephyr_z9 on X (via r/singularity, 463 upvotes)·low signalXBlueskyLinkedInCopy link

A 463-upvote r/singularity thread on 2026-09-17 amplified an X post from @zephyr_z9 asserting that at least six or seven Chinese AI labs aim to train models in the 10-40 trillion parameter range within two years. No lab names, no training compute figures and no corroborating reporting accompanied the claim, and the thread itself is mostly jokes about the hardware needed to run a 40T open-weights model. Recorded as a single-source rumor rather than a verified plan, though it lines up directionally with Z.ai's same-week disclosure of a 100,000+ domestic-accelerator training and serving cluster.