Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs12m ago An Anthropic researcher just quit, saying OpenAI and Anthropic are 'gambling with our lives'21m ago AI #185: Preference Cascade45m ago Nintendo's latest sale is 'made possible' by the tariff refunds it's hoarding49m ago Meta Announces Muse AI Agent for Personal Tasks and Organization50m ago Instagram now lets you add tagged photos to your profile grid50m ago Now everyone can put data to work50m ago AI agents are flooding public services with new requests56m ago Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,99957m ago Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities1h ago Antioch raises $32m to test robots in simulation before they touch hardware1h ago OpenAI’s Bubeck denies trying to cut Anthropic mathematician from credit2h ago 10 of the scariest AI villains in movie history2h ago Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal2h ago

Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs12m ago An Anthropic researcher just quit, saying OpenAI and Anthropic are 'gambling with our lives'21m ago AI #185: Preference Cascade45m ago Nintendo's latest sale is 'made possible' by the tariff refunds it's hoarding49m ago Meta Announces Muse AI Agent for Personal Tasks and Organization50m ago Instagram now lets you add tagged photos to your profile grid50m ago Now everyone can put data to work50m ago AI agents are flooding public services with new requests56m ago Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,99957m ago Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities1h ago Antioch raises $32m to test robots in simulation before they touch hardware1h ago OpenAI’s Bubeck denies trying to cut Anthropic mathematician from credit2h ago 10 of the scariest AI villains in movie history2h ago Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal2h ago

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A Chinese model split Silicon Valley. Now the startups are fighting back.

The Next WebPublished Jul 24, 2026

Nearly 200 US startups urged the Trump administration not to ban Chinese open-weight AI models, warning such a move would harm competition and startups relying on these models. The startups formed the Little Tech Association and advocate for targeted safeguards instead of broad bans. This stance contrasts with companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, which support stricter curbs citing security concerns.

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