U.S. President Donald Trump is under pressure to respond to the increasing success of Chinese AI models that many companies prefer to the more powerful, but pricier, U.S. versions from Anthropic or OpenAI.

The US, meanwhile, is reportedly considering curbs on the use of Chinese models and export restrictions

"We have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model," a top White House official wrote on X.