{"slug": "silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans", "title": "Silicon Valley’s rift over open source pushes back contemplated White House bans on Chinese AI", "summary": "The Trump administration discussed sanctions and cloud bans targeting Chinese open-source AI models, according to the New York Times, but backed off after pushback from Nvidia, Google, and Meta, while OpenAI and Anthropic supported restrictions. A final decision is expected before Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit in September.", "body_md": "The Trump administration discussed sanctions and cloud bans targeting Chinese open-source AI models, according to the New York Times. OpenAI and Anthropic pushed for restrictions, while Nvidia, Google, and Meta fought back. After pushback from Silicon Valley, Washington backed off for now, but a decision is expected before Xi Jinping's visit in September.\n\nThe article [Silicon Valley’s rift over open source pushes back contemplated White House bans on Chinese AI](https://the-decoder.com/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans-on-chinese-ai/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans-on-chinese-ai/", "published_at": "2026-08-04 12:23:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 12:55:10.478738+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Trump administration", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Nvidia", "Google", "Meta", "Xi Jinping", "New York Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valleys-rift-over-open-source-pushes-back-contemplated-white-house-bans.jsonld"}}