On Wednesday, Mr. Bessent said the administration had considered imposing sanctions on Chinese companies that steal intellectual property from American firms. “Open source is not open season on American IP,” he said, referring to intellectual property.
Unless you are OpenAI/Anthropic/Meta, then the use American and worldwide IP is totally acceptable. 🙄
X (formerly Twitter)Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) on XWe support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP. When PRC firms conduct covert, industrial-scale distillation attacks that cross the line into IP theft, sanctions and Entity List designations will be on the table.