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Potential US ban on Chinese AI models could cost American businesses US$12b a year: report
A potential US ban on Chinese open-weight AI models could cost American businesses up to US$12 billion annually, according to a US-based academic. Usage data from OpenRouter, an LLM aggregator, suggests reliance on cost-efficient Chinese solutions is growing.
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