Bessent says U.S. could sanction China over AI model 'theft'

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

As US-Chinese AI model gap narrows, what next for Washington?

For years, Washington has fixated on the gap between US and Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models as AI has increasingly taken centre stage in the strategic competition between the world’s two leading powers. The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022 established a clear early lead for the US, with the first batch of export controls on advanced semiconductor chips introduced in October that year, putting American tech ahead by three years or more, some experts estimated at the time. B...

By Vincent Chow

Bessent warns China could face sanctions over AI IP theft