China's AI models have Trump's AI world at war with itself
Artificial intelligenceChina’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itselfKimi and other free models from China have again been seen as a wake-up call. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading AI companies. It appears to rival the intelligence of models from OpenAI and Anthropic, which are very much not free.
- ▪Artificial intelligenceChina’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itselfKimi and other free models from China have again been seen as a wake-up call.
- ▪Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading AI companies.
- ▪It appears to rival the intelligence of models from OpenAI and Anthropic, which are very much not free.
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Artificial intelligenceChina’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itselfKimi and other free models from China have again been seen as a wake-up call. But for what? By James O'Donnellarchive pageJuly 20, 2026Andrew Harnik/Getty Images 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.
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