Inside the White House debate over what to do about Chinese AI - POLITICO

The Trump administration still searching for a coherent China AI strategy as top officials pursue competing approaches. WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios (L) accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (2nd-L), speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) | Getty Images 07/23/2026 07:08 PM EDT The Trump administration is wrestling with how to respond to the possibility that leading Chinese tech firm Moonshot AI stole American intellectual property to create its latest artificial intelligence model. The company’s Kimi K3 model – released last week – is nearly as powerful as the U.S.’s most advanced efforts but far less costly. That creates a confounding dynamic inside the administration where President Donald Trump’s science and techn

The Trump administration still searching for a coherent China AI strategy as top officials pursue competing approaches. WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios (L) accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (2nd-L), speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) | Getty Images 07/23/2026 07:08 PM EDT The Trump administration is wrestling with how t