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U.S. Companies Believe China Has Been Acquiring AI Chips. Now A Nvidia Employee Has Been Arrested

Taiwan has detained a Nvidia employee as part of a probe into the alleged illegal exports of Super Micro AI servers to China.

International Business Times · Jul 28

What is Kimi K3? Everything you need to know about the new ChatGPT rival

What is Kimi K3? Discover Moonshot AI’s new open-weight ChatGPT rival, its key features for coding and agents, pricing, and the latest news.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 28

Moonshot AI releases weights for Kimi-K3, firing a shot across the bow of OpenAI and Anthropic — open-weight model performs almost as well as frontier models while being 2-3x easier to run

Moonshot AI has released the weights for its recent Kimi-K3 model, directly going against OpenAI and Anthropic.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 27

As AI grows more powerful, a US-China feud threatens safety efforts

US warnings of sanctions targeting Chinese AI companies could jeopardize critical safety conversations. The rise in allegations of intellectual property theft and breaches of export controls contributes to rising tensions. With advanced AI technologies posing serious security risks, both nations recognize that frontier AI is a double-edged sword. Urgent cooperation…

The Economic Times · Jul 24

U.S. Companies Claim China Is Using Their Tech To Build AI Models. Now Congress Wants To Take Action

Lawmakers are taking aim at Chinese AI models, which they say are being developed with stolen U.S. technology.

International Business Times · Jul 23

Can China Copy Its Way To AI Dominance? Trump Administration Says Kimi K3 Is The Result Of Anthropic "Heist"

Trump administration accuses the Chinese startup of distilling Anthropic's models and evading U.S. chip controls in the wake of Moonshot's release of Kimi K3 AI model.

International Business Times · Jul 23

Viral ‘Kimi AI’ is built on stolen technology, Trump tech advisor claims

Accusations come amid escalating fight between US and China over artificial intelligence

The Independent UK · Jul 23

White House accuses China's Moonshot of stealing Anthropic AI

A top White House official on Wednesday accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of covertly copying Anthropic's most advanced model to build its Kimi K3. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a post on X that the United States had "information…

The Economic Times · Jul 22

Chinese AI Company Moonshot Has Achieved Major Milestones. The White House Accused Of Taking From Anthropic

A White House official accused Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable model to help develop K3, which made key technological breakthroughs.

International Business Times · Jul 22

Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race

Google’s AI struggles scream trouble as new Chinese models (again) throw US tech dominance into question

The Guardian - US · Jul 21