Michael Kratsios, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director, writes on X that Moonshot accessed Nvidia’s high-end GB300 processors in Thailand, which are subject to strict export controls. Kratsios also accuses Moonshot of distilling Anthropic’s Fable AI model to build Kimi K3, an open-source AI system claimed to rival flagship models from US companies. [Link: White House Official Says Moonshot Accessed Banned Nvidia Chips | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/white-house-official-says-moonshot-accessed-banned-nvidia-chips?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDczNTc4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzg1MzQwNTg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSUtZUkRUOTZPU0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4OUM4OTNDMDhGOTQ0NThDQkQwQTQyREY1RDFCOTY0QyJ9.XwzPbtB7Ej5w2s9ZRaOtp1uLM-qZ54qFpd3QCMH2YvY | Bloomberg]

Chinese start-up pauses Kimi K3 subscriptions due to surging demand and compute shortages, highlighting the country’s AI chip challenges.

The launch of Kimi K3 is giving the fight new urgency.

The Trump administration is exploring ways to limit access to advanced Chinese AI models. This move could benefit American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Previous efforts to…