"There is no doubt that using Z.ai's official API and subscription is almost certainly a non-starter, with their terms being at best weak and the deep connection to Mainland China."

This is the key statement in the article. I think people don't realize that these "open" weight models exist because giving away your product at a loss is a time honored marketing strategy. There's nothing guaranteeing that the next iterations will be open (remember "Open"AI?).

The Chinese labs are profit seeking companies. If they can't recoup their investment through API use, they won't be able to train more models. But if the argument is 'who cares, training models will be so cheap anyone will be able to do it ',then check the comment elsewhere on this comment section about free alternatives for consumer and enterprise software.

Oh... And the variation 'what we have today is already good enough for everyone' argument is just another incarnation of '640Kb should be enough for everyone'.