Bessent threatens Chinese AI sanctions before Kimi K3 releases its weights

The warning turns Anthropic's distillation allegations into a trade weapon, though Bessent named no target or sanctions authority.

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Sanctions could limit US access to competitive open-weight models while giving Anthropic and OpenAI protection from rivals that challenge their pricing and platform control.

Bessent threatens Chinese AI sanctions before Kimi K3 releases its weights — The warning turns Anthropic's distillation allegations into a trade weapon, though Bessent named no target or sanctions authority.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened sanctions against Chinese AI developers on Tuesday, saying the Trump administration is investigating whether their models were built with intellectual property taken from US rivals through distillation.…

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