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The U.S. wants to contain China’s AI. Silicon Valley keeps using it

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Rest of World reports on a disconnect between U.S. policy and Silicon Valley practice: the government is attempting to contain Chinese artificial intelligence capabilities, yet tech companies continue to use them. Anthropic's chief national security officer, Tarun Chhabra—a former architect of Biden-era export controls—recently flagged model distillation as an emerging national security concern.

Source: https://restofworld.org/2026/china-siliconvalley-ai-moons...

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