China's AI platforms are rapidly closing the gap with their US counterparts, prompting fresh threats from the Trump administration. With accusations of intellectual property theft, could tensions boil over?

Within days, Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled frontier models they claim rival OpenAI and Anthropic.

Chinese AI models challenge U.S. dominance. Alibaba's best AI model by August 2026 at 0.4% YES, while Anthropic leads at 90.5% YES.