US Plans to Sanction Chinese AI Models Using Stolen Technology, Bessent Says
The US will sanction overseas artificial intelligence models if they are found to use stolen intellectual property, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a recent television interview. The administration is identifying US watermarks within Chinese models and treating model distillation as IP theft that could trigger punitive measures.
The warning shifts from prior discussions about direct bans on Chinese open-source AI models like Kimi K3, which the White House briefly considered following competitive and cybersecurity concerns. Rather than an outright prohibition, Bessent stated the administration will evaluate Chinese models in the coming days and weeks to determine if technology was used without permission. Officials plan to impose sanctions on models confirmed to use stolen materials.
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@scaling01RT @voxelbench: Kimi K3 ranks 3rd on VoxelBench just 100+ Elo points behind Fable! and a huge uplift from K2.6 (28th)
@kimi_moonshotRT @voxelbench: Kimi K3 ranks 3rd on VoxelBench just 100+ Elo points behind Fable! and a huge uplift from K2.6 (28th)
@zookoRT @lemire: How should we think about the impact of better AI models? Yesterday, a Chinese firm announced a much better model, one that can…
@novogratzWe need to rethink our stance to being so anti-immigrant. While correcting open border policies was necessary we are way over correcting. America needs 2mm immigrants a year. This year we are probably zero. We need both labor and highl
@zookoRT @deanwball: Some observations on Kimi: 1. It's a very good model! I don't think its performance can be explained away by distillation…
@kimi_moonshotFeeling all the love for Kimi K3 already. Here are some of the amazing things people have been building with it. Enjoy K3.
@dmjk001彭博: 月之暗面 Kimi 颠覆美国领先中国的传统认知 月之暗面发布 Kimi K3 模型，其综合能力超越除 Anthropic 的 Claude Fable 5 和 OpenAI 的 GPT-5.6 之外的所有竞品。 Kimi K3 的发布令部分 AI 观察人士与投资者震惊，加剧了市场对硅谷巨额投入能否获得回报的担忧，并动摇了美国技术领先地位的信心。 月之暗面的突破可能使美国监管机构保护新模型的努力复杂化，并凭借 K3 在编程等高价值任务上的卓越表现，以高端产品定位对 Op
@garrytanRT @datacurve: Kimi K3 debuts at #3 on DeepSWE. It's the first open-weights model that delivers frontier-level performance, achieving resu…
@kimi_moonshotRT @togethercompute: We analyzed Kimi K3 vs. Claude Fable 5 for software engineering tasks using DeepSWE. Kimi K3 gets you the same perfor…
@clashreportChina's Moonshot AI has reset the global tech balance by launching world's largest open-weight system. ▪️Features 2.8 trillion parameters, 1M token window ▪️Defeated top US systems in front-end coding tests ▪️Erased US frontier lead at 40%
@nic_carterLooks like the AI safetyist decel pause AI crowd are the biggest losers in this whole Kimi thing. And that swells my heart with joy
@teortaxestexThis is a pretty compelling demonstration that Kimi K3 is both generally intelligent (on some level at least) and generally knowledgeable, and in fact knowledgeable in exactly the dual-use domain that makes Dario lose sleep.
@rauchgBased on internal evals: ▪️ Kimi K3 is top-tier at cybersecurity There is chatter on X that Moonshot benchmark-overfit. These are stealth evals. Model has raw IQ. ▪️ Sol is a leap ahead in cyber capability At a significantly higher cost,
@andersonbcdefgRT @deredleritt3r: Added to prinzbench: Kimi K3. K3 is by far the best open-source model I have tested to date. Its overall score (47/99)…
@teortaxestexKimi is very decent on cybersecurity. GPT 5.5 level One more benchmark where it shows real strength.
@andrewcurran_RT @cramforce: We ran Kimi K3 on a private cybersecurity benchmark. TL;DR: Kimi K3 is the workhorse for cyber security tasks at great rec…
@andersonbcdefgRT @rauchg: Based on internal evals: ▪️ Kimi K3 is top-tier at cybersecurity There is chatter on X that Moonshot benchmark-overfit. These…
@kimi_moonshotRT @ValsAI: Kimi K3 is the #2 overall model on our in-house Vibe Code Bench at 85.0%. VCB tests a model's ability to go from zero-to-one;…
@kimmonismusVercel CEO: Kimi K3 demonstrates true frontier performance in covert internal cybersecurity evaluations – likely not benchmark overfitting. Sol is significantly more powerful, but more expensive; Fable, on the other hand, is practically u
@axiosThe secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AI
@clashreportThe Trump administration is considering measures to restrict or effectively block U.S. use of advanced Chinese AI models, citing national security and cybersecurity concerns. The debate has intensified as Chinese open-source models like Ki
@jukan05U.S. EYES TOUGHER CURBS ON CHINESE AI THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING STRICTER RULES ON CHINESE AI MODELS AFTER THE LAUNCH OF MOONSHOT AI’S KIMI K3. OPTIONS INCLUDE REQUIRING U.S. HOSTING PROVIDERS TO GUARANTEE THE SECUR
@jukan05Damn, this is exactly what @deanwball said, isn’t it?
@zephyr_z9RT @jukan05: Damn, this is exactly what @deanwball said, isn’t it?
@marionawfal🇺🇸🇨🇳 The Trump administration might be quietly gearing up to ban China's best AI models, and it could hand OpenAI and Anthropic the keys to the kingdom. Turns out U.S. companies love Chinese open-source models because they're cheap and, th