Huang Renxun: "China's AI models are excellent—don't ban them!"
On July 25, South Korea's daily newspaper The Korea Economic Daily published an article stating that as China's artificial intelligence startup Moonshot launched its latest open-source model, "Kimi K3," strong opposition within the U.S. to the Trump administration's measures restricting access to Chinese AI models is spreading.
Silicon Valley startups and NVIDIA CEO Huang Renxun have publicly expressed disagreement with U.S. government regulations, advocating instead for the use of China’s open-source AI models.
Recently, a newly formed group called the "Small Tech Association," comprising small and medium-sized U.S. technology companies, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, urging them not to block access to China’s open-source AI models.
In the letter, the association stated: "To maintain leadership, America needs two things: first, world-class, domestically developed open-weight models; second, ensuring American developers can continuously access existing global open-weight models."
Moreover, they emphasized that banning downloads of Chinese open-source models would not prevent their spread—and that targeted protective measures should be adopted rather than blanket bans. They warned that restricting access to Chinese AI models could actually stifle the U.S. startup ecosystem and hinder next-generation innovation.
Analysts noted that this letter marks the first systematic stance taken by the Silicon Valley startup community on the Trump administration’s AI policies.
NVIDIA CEO Huang Renxun also clearly expressed his opposition to regulation during an interview with U.S. media, actively defending China’s open-source AI models.
Huang stated, "China's models are excellent—superior open-source models should be used." When asked whether U.S. companies should be allowed to use Chinese AI models, he replied, "Of course."
This directly contradicts the positions of OpenAI and Anthropic, who advocate for regulation, claiming that China’s open-source AI threatens U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence.
Huang specifically dismissed concerns that Chinese AI would drive U.S. companies out of the market, stating: "That possibility is zero." He explained that open-source models expand the overall AI market by increasing user numbers, while companies and consumers seeking high-performance services will still be willing to pay for closed-source AI offerings.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871687935548487/
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