Odaily Planet Daily report: According to the latest data from OpenRouter, the global total AI large model usage last week (April 13–19) was 20.6 trillion tokens, marking a second consecutive weekly decline. Among the ranked AI large models, Chinese AI large models' weekly usage dropped to 4.441 trillion tokens, declining for the second consecutive week and down 23.77% from the previous week. Meanwhile, U.S. AI large models' weekly usage reached 4.908 trillion tokens, up 20.62% week-over-week—marking the first time in nearly two months that U.S. usage surpassed China’s. Of the top nine most-used models globally last week, four were Chinese AI models: DeepSeek V3.2 ranked second with 1.28 trillion tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro ranked fourth with 1.15 trillion tokens, up 90% week-over-week; two models from MiniMax also made the list—MiniMax M2.5 ranked sixth with 1.05 trillion tokens, and MiniMax M2.7 ranked seventh with 0.961 trillion tokens, down 19% week-over-week.
U.S. AI large models outpace China for the first time in two months
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For the first time in two months, U.S. AI large models surpassed China, with weekly token volume rising 20.62% to $4.908 trillion. China’s usage declined 23.77% to $4.441 trillion. Four Chinese models ranked in the global top nine, including DeepSeek V3.2 (second) and MiMo-V2-Pro (fourth). Altcoins to watch may benefit from this shift in AI activity, as top altcoins could see renewed interest amid accelerating U.S. model growth.
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