{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Peak Daily","title":"Model behaviour 🚗 - Chinese carmakers put Germany in reverse, open-source AI catches up.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f8da3f00\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":453,"description":"Chinese automakers are rapidly gaining ground in Europe, forcing German giants like Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes into cost-cutting mode — and offering a warning of what could happen if Chinese-made EVs break into North America through Canada. Plus, China’s new open-source AI model GLM 5.2 is climbing the rankings and impressing developers, raising the stakes for businesses weighing cheaper open-source tools against the top closed models from U.S. labs.And in The Lookout: Canada, the U.S., and Mexico head into the first tri-lateral CUSMA review, Alberta prepares to pitch a major new west coast oil pipeline, and fresh GDP numbers could help settle whether Canada’s economy is actually bouncing back.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mOKuLVp8ENXizw8pFS5GUywt3l9MDz3H769LJwNxws4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZGI4/ODAwMzI2MzdjZjQy/YzBlNGU0OTA1MTky/MjExNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}