The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AI
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July 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
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https://archive.is/xhPus Infuriating
ddxv
"The source described leading AI labs or their allies approaching the administration every 3-5 months with an idea to ban open-source models." The call is coming from inside the house. Anthropic and OpenAI built their AI hype machines too fast and now are desperate to prevent price competition driving the value to $0. AI is going to be ubiquitous like the spellcheck running in my browser and at or slightly above the cost of electricity to run the models.
ndiddy
The challenge that the Trump administration faces is that any regulatory action to prop up the domestic AI companies will put the rest of the tech sector at a disadvantage compared to its foreign competition because they'll have to pay 10-50x more than the rest of the world for tokens.