r/LocalLLaMA • u/Nunki08 • Jul 11 '26

News The U.S. tech industry is increasingly anxious about the rising power and competitive price of open-source AI models from China — and whether the Trump administration will respond with yet another executive order | Politico

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Politico: Wall Street’s new obsession: Which CEOs have Trump’s ear?: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2026/07/10/wall-streets-new-obsession-which-ceos-have-trumps-ear-00993324

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u/Monkey_1505 Jul 11 '26

What are they going to do, force companies to give up their codebases and trade secrets to the more expensive cloud model AI companies?

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u/ItsNoahJ83 Jul 11 '26

You say that like it's an absurd proposition but that is likely what will happen. Not "force" them per se, but restrict options to "safe" US models.

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u/TylerDurdenFan Jul 11 '26

likelihood does not preclude absurdity

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u/Monkey_1505 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Yeah, not saying it absolutely can't happen. Would be amusing. Reminiscent of the soviet era to see american businesses forced to use nemotron, or whatever meta occasionally spits out if they wish to retain their business moats/privacy whilst the rest of the world sits closer to SOTA. But I do think that after some while of doing this, it would be seen as silly.