White House’s Response to China Lacks Confidence in America
The Algorithmic Bridge Alberto Romero ● Covered by 22 sources
The White House accused Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic's Fable model through large-scale distillation to develop its K3 model, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warning that sanctions could follow. The accusation lacks supporting evidence, and the timeline doesn't align since Fable was only publicly available for two weeks before K3's release, making significant distillation implausible during training. The episode reveals divisions within the U.S. government and tech industry over whether to restrict Chinese AI models, while Chinese models already account for nearly 60% of token usage on OpenRouter by U.S. companies, making enforcement difficult and raising questions about America's confidence in competing through open-source alternatives rather than restrictions.
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Are you more confident in America or fearful of China?
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