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- Original source
- Ethan Mollick
- Published
- 2026-07-20
- Primary topic
- AI Policy
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We need clarity about what sorts of threats the government is worried about. To what extent is this just intended as an industrial policy & to what extent is it based on a real security risk? The investment going into building on top of Chinese open models is huge, stakes are big Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_) The Trump administration is considering an executive order, and other means, to ban Chinese open-source models within in the United States. Kimi K3 has reignited this debate. Reporting this morning by Axios. Commerce is also considering adding Chinese AI labs to the Entity List. — https://nitter.net/AndrewCurran_/status/2079202168448659764#m
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We need clarity about what sorts of threats the government is worried about. To what extent is this just intended as an industrial policy & to what extent is it based on a real security risk? The investment going into building on top of Chinese open models is huge, stakes are big Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_) The Trump administration is considering an executive order, and other means, to ban Chinese open-source models within in the United States. Kimi K3 has reignited this debate. Reporting this morning by Axios. Commerce is also considering adding Chinese AI labs to the Entity List. — https://nitter.net/AndrewCurran_/status/2079202168448659764#m
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