Yeah, the state of China.

My first thought was the Protestant work ethic - a very American phenomenon

I think this project is better suited for further teaching. https://github.com/u-root/u-root

"The TBD group is using several third-party models as part of the training process for Avocado, distilling from rival models including Google’s Gemma, OpenAI’s gpt-oss and Qwen, a model from the Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the people said."

LOL. Distillation doesn't count as plagiarism, or you should call Meta out on it. They're distilling the Chinese model.

Ref: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/inside-meta-s-piv...