The Debate About Chinese Open-Source AI; Ellison’s Bad Day

How protectionist is the Trump administration? Sure, President Donald Trump loves tariffs. But does he really want to drive up AI costs for U.S. business by banning Chinese open-source AI? Chatter about that is growing in the wake of a story we published on Saturday, which revealed that the administration had discussed the idea of banning open source last year. 

Axios, meanwhile, reported on Monday that last week’s release of Kimi 3 from Chinese firm Moonshot had stoked conversations about banning foreign open source AI (more on the new Kimi model). A ban would set off an uproar. More and more companies are finding that ever-advancing Chinese models—such as the one from Moonshot released last week—are a good way to control their AI spending.