Nvidia-backed Reflection AI launches Beam open-weight model to rival China's GLM-5.2

Reflection AI, backed by Nvidia, released Beam, an open-weight model for coding and reasoning, claiming competitiveness with China's GLM-5.2 and approaching Alibaba's offerings. Early third-party tests suggest high token efficiency, signaling a US push to counter Chinese dominance in open-weight AI. The competitive landscape in open-source AI intensifies, with implications for AI supply chains and market positioning.