China’s OpenKylin OS Gets AI Boost to Challenge Windows Dominance [Video]

In response to rapid global AI development, the Chinese open-source desktop operating system OpenKylin has undergone updates for AI personal computers (PCs) to reduce reliance on foreign systems.

A WeChat post by the community maintaining the operating system noted that the latest version, released on Sunday, supports on-device large language models (LLMs), has an AI assistant, and converts text to images, SCMP reported.

The community stressed that AI brings new problems and potential for infrastructure software to improve domestic operating system users’ job efficiency and creativity.

State-run Science and Technology Daily called OpenKylin AI “secure, stable, and controllable.” The Windows-like OpenKylin attempts to minimize China’s dependence on Western OSes.

China released openKylin in 2022 after decades of efforts to create a homegrown alternative to Windows and macOS. Due to US-China trade tensions, Beijing’s effort to improve its technology self-sufficiency has increased.