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US and China to clash over Chinese open models

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The US-China fight over AI models is heating up. On July 22, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sharpened an earlier warning, posting on X:

“When PRC firms conduct covert, industrial-scale distillation attacks that cross the line into IP theft, sanctions and Entity List designations will be on the...