The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Chinese AI developers over alleged model distillation, escalating U.S.-China tensions over AI and intellectual property.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.

The White House has threatened China with sanctions after accusing one of its top AI companies of stealing American technology.

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry on Monday accused the United States of "AI hegemonism" and threatened countermeasures after senior U.S. officials said ...

BEIJING: U.S. threats to sanction Chinese AI developers over alleged intellectual property theft and export-control violations risk unravelling efforts to establish a bilateral dialogue on AI safety, ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has “the ability to sanction,” and he is not afraid to use it. In an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday, Trump’s Treasury chief said that Chinese open-source ...

Chinese open-weight models are gaining steam against leading offerings from American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today that the White House is going to examine some of the highest profile “open-weight” models from China to see if their creators have stolen the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday warned that the Trump administration could sanction Chinese artificial intelligence models if it finds they were built by stealing from American ones. "If ...

The road to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s expected to visit to the United States next month is shaping up to be rockier than ...

The unveiling of Kimi K3, an open-source AI model developed by Chinese company Moonshot, rattled stock markets - Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images The White House has threatened China with sanctions after ...