Silicon Valley splits over closing borders to Chinese AI
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In recent weeks, Chinese start-ups Z.ai and Moonshot AI (above) have released artificial intelligence models that rival those from American labs.
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Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, Ana Swanson and Meaghan Tobin
- Silicon Valley is divided between companies like Anthropic and OpenAI that want strict control over AI for safety, and others like Microsoft and Nvidia who support open-source AI for innovation.
- Chinese AI startups have rapidly advanced open-source models, prompting US firms to accuse them of stealing data and lobbying for regulatory action to protect American intellectual property.
- US leaders, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, consider sanctions against Chinese firms, while supporters argue open-source drives faster, safer AI development and opposes restricting information sharing.
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SAN FRANCISCO – For years, a philosophical divide over how artificial intelligence software should be created has split Silicon Valley technologists.
This week, that argument reached a boiling point.
