news Techcrunch Ai 2026-07-22

Treasury Threatens Sanctions on Chinese AI Firms Over Alleged Model Theft

The U.S. Treasury is considering sanctions against Chinese AI companies accused of distilling U.S. AI models. White House officials allege Moonshot used Anthropic's Fable model to develop its Kimi K3.

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