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Morning Edition · Monday, August 10, 2026Published at 2:21 AM EDT · New York
Palantir's Karp Urges Washington Not to Ban Chinese Open-Weight Models
His argument, that competition disciplines American labs better than protectionism, runs against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's concern that Chinese open models are built on United States laboratory technology.
Alex Karp, the chief executive of Palantir, told CNBC that the United States should not respond to Chinese open-weight models by banning them. "Europe said you can only buy technology from Europe. How's that worked out?" he said, arguing th…
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