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US Threatens Sanctions on AI Labs Over IP Theft

7/25/2026

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  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned administration could sanction AI labs or add them to the Entity List for alleged IP theft.
  • OSTP Director Michael Kratsios said Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model was covertly distilled from Anthropic’s Fable and used Nvidia GB300 servers barred from China.
  • Anthropic welcomed scrutiny of Chinese AI developers as a national-security risk, noting that 200 startup founders warned blocking Chinese open-weight models would hurt U.S. AI firms.