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White House Shifts $200B AI Funding, Weighs Chinese Model Blacklist

7/23/2026

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White House will shift $200 billion in AI research funding from universities to individual researchers.
Moonshot AI and Alibaba unveiled two open-weight Chinese AI models that rival Anthropic and OpenAI.
OpenAI and Anthropic executives urged the White House to restrict the Chinese models while officials weigh a blacklist for Chinese AI firms.
Airbnb and firms use the Chinese models, which Chinese developers produce with work-arounds and distillation, raising cyberattack concerns.

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White House will shift $200 billion in AI research funding from universities to individual researchers.
Moonshot AI and Alibaba unveiled two open-weight Chinese AI models that rival Anthropic and OpenAI.
OpenAI and Anthropic executives urged the White House to restrict the Chinese models while officials weigh a blacklist for Chinese AI firms.
Airbnb and firms use the Chinese models, which Chinese developers produce with work-arounds and distillation, raising cyberattack concerns.