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Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models

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Rest of World reports that a surge of powerful open-weight AI models from China has sparked division in Silicon Valley and Washington. The core disagreement: whether these publicly available, customizable systems pose a national security threat or should play a role in the broader AI industry.

Source: https://restofworld.org/2026/silicon-valley-debate-chines...

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