Americans began to reflect: Why can’t the United States retain AI talents like Kimi founder Yang Zhilin?

Kuai Technology reported on July 19 that the popularity of Kimi K3 has not diminished in the past few days. The ability of open source large models has not only caught up with the top AI in the United States, but even surpassed it. The AI ​​narrative in the United States has collapsed. In many discussions, some Americans have begun to reflect. Kimi founder Yang Zhilin received his doctorate in the United States and studied under Russ Salakhutdinov, a master in the field of AI. However, he did not stay in the United States. Instead, he returned to China to start a business and founded the Dark Side of the Moon company. It only took 3 years to catch up with the flagship models of OpenAI and Anthropic. Americans are reflecting on their inability to retain AI talents. Is this drama familiar? And in the past, most of this kind of reflection happened on the domestic Internet. Many big Vs used this kind of argument when they attacked the lack of innovation in China. Now times have really changed. Then why didn’t Yang Zhilin stay in the United States to start a business? This matter is not as mysterious as X netizens reflected. Russ Salakhutdinov also explained Yang Zhilin’s choice when he graduated. At that time, the instructor directly contacted an Apple executive who could report directly to Cook, and the other party asked Yang Zhilin if he was willing to join Apple. Russ Salakhutdinov said that Yang Zhilin wanted to return to China. Apple even stated that Yang Zhilin could work in Apple China. The sincerity is still very high. But in the end, Yang Zhilin did not choose to stay in the United States, but returned to China to start a business. He also told his mentor that if he did not even try to start his own company, he would regret it for the rest of his life. Generally speaking, Yang Zhilin's decision not to stay in the United States is not complicated, and there are not so many conspiracy theories on the Internet. He just hopes to return to China to start his own business and does not want to have any regrets in life. Having said that, when Yang Zhilin was studying for his PhD in the United States, the AI ​​competition between China and the United States was not so fierce. If he stayed in the United States to start a business, he might get more investment and computing resources. However, it is hard to say whether he can recruit the talents Kimi has now in the United States. What's more, given the current mentality of the United States towards AI competition, Yang Zhilin will also face the trouble of choosing sides when starting a business in the United States. He cannot 100% side with the interests of the United States.