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US and China agree: open-source AI needs strong security, not a free-for-all
Twenty-one Pacific-rim economies signed a joint statement backing open AI models built with government-grade security checks. It is the first time ministers from the US and China have agreed on open-source AI at all.
Kimi K3 spooked Wall Street, and a rogue OpenAI model turned up in a real hack
A Chinese open-source AI model rattled U.S. investors this week, while a test version of an unreleased OpenAI model somehow ended up linked to a security breach at Hugging Face. Two stories, one loud week.
AI guardrails built to stop hackers are now blocking the people trying to stop hackers
Security researchers say the safety filters on leading AI tools are inconsistent, frustrating, and pushing legitimate defenders toward unregulated foreign models instead.
What is open-source AI and how is it different?
Open-source AI puts the model's blueprints in your hands. Here's what that actually means and why it matters.
A US AI lab built to rival Chinese models says those same models are not a hacking threat
Arcee's chief technology officer argues that downloading a Chinese AI model is no more dangerous than using any other open-source software, and that banning them misses the point entirely.
US threatens sanctions on Chinese AI models over alleged intellectual property theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will scrutinise Chinese open-source AI for stolen technology, and could punish companies found to have copied American models.
The fight over Chinese open-source AI is really a fight over who profits from it
A powerful new Chinese AI model has Washington debating bans. But experts say the real battle is about protecting billion-dollar investments, not national security.
China's free AI model is tearing Trump's tech advisors apart
A new Chinese chatbot called Kimi has exposed a bitter split inside the White House over how America should respond to cheap, powerful AI from China.
NVIDIA's Cosmos 3 Edge Brings Robot Brains Down to Earth
A new, compact AI model lets robots and factory cameras think for themselves, without needing a data centre nearby.
China's Moonshot and Alibaba unveil giant AI models they say rival GPT-5 and Claude
Two of China's biggest AI players released models this weekend that they claim match the best American systems, and plan to make them free to download. The gap between US and Chinese AI may be shrinking fast.
A $400 Million Nonprofit Wants to Build the Public Internet of AI
Current AI is handing out grants, shipping offline devices, and fighting to keep AI from becoming a private club. Here is what it is building, who is paying for it, and why a farmer in rural India is the whole point.
China's Kimi AI model rattles Wall Street and reignites the open-source debate
Moonshot AI's new Kimi K3 is competitive with the world's best AI models, and people in Washington have feelings about it.
A $400 Million Bet That Cheaper AI Chips Will Win
A startup called General Compute just borrowed $400 million to build a cloud service around a less-expensive type of AI chip. The deal may signal a turning point away from the pricey hardware that dominates AI today.
China's Kimi K3 could match Anthropic's best model and it will be free to use
Moonshot AI's next release is set to be the largest open-weight model from China, and early reports suggest it can go toe-to-toe with Anthropic's most capable closed system.
This AI Router Cuts Costs by 2.6x by Learning From Its Own Mistakes
A new open-source system called ACRouter watches which AI model succeeds or fails on each task, remembers what it learned, and routes the next job smarter. In tests, it matched the performance of premium-only setups at less than half the price.