The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout
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Over the weekend, several current and former advisers to President Donald Trump publicly attacked the country's leading AI companies over China's AI models, creating visible divisions inside the White House's AI policy circle. The controversy has prompted debate about the White House dictating access to frontier AI models and shifting power away from big tech. The pieces frame this as an internal rift in Trump's AI team and a broader clash over how to handle China's growing AI capabilities.
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Multiple public insults and policy moves over Chinese AI models have made the disagreement visible and newsworthy now.
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If you think banning Chinese models will protect US AI leadership, think again, public infighting in Trump's AI circle shows policy theater is already transferring control from Big Tech to the White House.
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- The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself Last weekend, several current and former advisers to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading…
MIT Tech ReviewJul 21 - China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading AI companies. David Sacks, the president’s AI and crypto “czar” until…
MIT Tech ReviewJul 20 - The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AIHackerNewsJul 20
- The White House is dictating access to frontier AI models, shifting power from tech giants, sources sayr/artificialJul 18
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