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    Sophia Cai
    @SophiaCai99
    There was a brief discussion about this recently, but the Commerce Department is *NOT* moving forward on banning Chinese models at this time, per person familiar.
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    Andrew Curran
    @AndrewCurran_
    Jul 20
    The Trump administration is considering an executive order, and other means, to ban Chinese open-source models within in the United States. Kimi K3 has reignited this debate. Reporting this morning by Axios. Commerce is also considering adding Chinese AI labs to the Entity List.
    5:16 PM · Jul 20, 2026201.4KViews
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    Andrew Curran
    @AndrewCurran_
    Jul 20
    Will add you to the thread.
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    DarkFibre
    @Darkfibr3
    Jul 20
    and there it is. the whole "ban" was a trial balloon and it popped after lunch. leak it to axios, watch the internet lose its mind, see if "AI communism" sticks as a scare word. it didnt. not even close. "you cant sanction a file" went from one guys tweet to a meme to a
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    Simply Complex Systems
    @simcomsystems
    Jul 20
    Excuse me while I remain cautious of anything they say and disgusted by their existence.
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