Flailing OpenAI Calls for Ban on Chinese AI

A year or two ago, OpenAI was on top of the world. Now... well, it's still probably still the world's buzziest AI startup, but its new models aren't making the splash they once were, its business model is as hazy as ever, and competition is rapidly catching up. What does a $300 billion tech company do in that situation? Double down on innovation and development — or blame a scary foreign bogeyman? Lately, it's sounding like the latter. In a recently published white paper, OpenAI called for US lawmakers to "coordinate a global ban" on what it calls "Chinese Communist Party aligned" AI models, such as its infamous competitor DeepSeek. DeepSeek made waves earlier this year when it announced an AI model approximately on par with OpenAI's ChatGPT, which the Chinese company made for a fraction of the price. It was a major knock against American AI companies' costly development strategy, which may explain why OpenAI is now appealing to good old American jingoism. "While America maintains ... Read full article.