White House AI crackdown opens door for Chinese model makers to close gap

The Trump administration's crackdown on Anthropic's leading artificial intelligence models is looking like a gift to the country's top adversary in the AI race: China

After a two-week shutdown due to an export control directive, Anthropic was allowed by the White House on Friday to release its powerful Mythos 5 model to some companies and federal agencies, though its Fable 5 model remains off the market. OpenAI, meanwhile, also said on Friday it would limit the rollout of its GPT 5.6 models following a government request.

The two leading U.S. AI model developers have been in a race against each other and tech giants like Google to develop the most advanced technology, with the U.S. government opening the door to speedy AI development by limiting regulatory hurdles. Doing otherwise, according to many tech execs and Trump administration officials, would restrict domestic AI to the benefit of China, which has been rapidly catching up to the U.S.

But as Anthropic adheres to the U.S. government's national security concerns, Chinese companies are launching models that rival frontier labs in some capabilities. According to researchers, Zhipu's GLM 5.2, released earlier this month, can

Fuente original: CNBC Top News (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/30/white-house-ai-china-crackdown.html)