The Ban That Lasted Four Hours
Washington reportedly weighed banning Chinese open-weight models — and walked it back before dinner. Lenar and Damra trace the report-and-denial cycle, the silicon math underneath it, an OpenAI pause that has nothing to do with content, and what production agent security actually looks like when real money is on the line.
Andrew Curran on the Axios report — the administration reportedly considered an executive order banning Chinese open models, reignited by Kimi K3.
Sophia Cai's follow-up — a person familiar says Commerce isn't moving forward at this time; the whole cycle fit inside one…
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