{"slug": "after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in", "title": "After China’s Kimi Moment, US AI companies suddenly tout open-weight models in letter", "summary": "Major U.S. AI companies and CEOs issued a group statement supporting open-weight models after China's Kimi-K3 open-weight model alarmed the U.S. AI industry, in what appears to be an effort to prevent U.S. government regulation of such models, including those from China.", "body_md": "**After China’s Kimi-K3 open-weight model spooked the U.S. AI industry, major AI companies and CEOs have suddenly issued their own group statement in favor of open-weight models in the United States.**\n\nThat’s no coincidence.\n\nThis looks like an effort to stop U.S. government regulation of open-weight models, including from China.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in", "canonical_source": "https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/07/24/after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in-letter/", "published_at": "2026-07-24 20:29:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-24 20:34:00.900187+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Kimi-K3", "China"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-chinas-kimi-moment-us-ai-companies-suddenly-tout-open-weight-models-in.jsonld"}}