India, July 20 -- The Trump administration is considering steps that could block Americans and US companies from using some of China's most advanced AI models. If such a move happens, it could give the US AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic a stronger position in the market by reducing competition from Chinese AI models. The debate has become stronger after the recent rise of Kimi, a powerful Chinese AI model that has gained attention for its performance.

Sources familiar with the matter told Axios that some officials in the administration have tried before to create unofficial or indirect bans on foreign open-source AI models. Many US companies are now using Chinese open-source AI models because they are much cheaper than American mo...