Zuckerberg pushes US to compete with Chinese AI, not ban it
What's new: His comments came as the Trump administration moved to block new Chinese robot and inverter imports.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued that the United States should compete harder with Chinese AI developers instead of trying to ban their models. In an interview published Tuesday by the Financial Times, Zuckerberg said blocking advanced Chinese AI would not be an effective answer and urged US companies to identify bottlenecks that are slowing them down. The debate has sharpened around Beijing-based Moonshot AI and its Kimi K3 model, which has drawn notice for coding performance. Washington has warned Chinese firms could face penalties over alleged theft of US technology, while the Trump administration on Tuesday imposed new bans on imports of Chinese robots and power inverters tied to national security concerns.