Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Artificial IntelligenceLarry Ellison and OracleA.I. ModelsSecret Data Center DealAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. On the other is the rest of the tech industry, including giants like Microsoft and Nvidia, which contend that so-called open-source A.I. models must remain open for people to further develop technologies and build new businesses.Those camps have started publicly clashing.
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- ▪On the other is the rest of the tech industry, including giants like Microsoft and Nvidia, which contend that so-called open-source A.I. models must remain open for people to further develop technologies and build new businesses.Those camps
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 33 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Silicon Valley splits over closing the borders to Chinese AI — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I. - The New York Times — Google News
- ▪ Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI — WIRED
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| Canonical URL | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/technology/open-source-silicon-valley-china.html |
| Publication time | Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:07:33 +0000 |
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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Artificial IntelligenceLarry Ellison and OracleA.I. BubbleMark Zuckerberg InterviewChina’s A.I. ModelsSecret Data Center DealAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTSilicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.Listen · 10:19 min Share full article10In the last few weeks, the Chinese start-ups Z.ai and Moonshot AI released artificial intelligence models that rival those from American…
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