Huang Renxun: The United States should not ban China’s open source AI models

Kuai Technology reported on July 23 that recently, Dark Side of the Moon has officially open sourced the new generation large model Kimi K3, which has aroused high vigilance and competition anxiety in the US market. This is also one of the most high-profile events in the global AI field after DeepSeek caused an industry shock in early 2025. Affected by the rapid rise of domestic open source models such as Kimi K3 and DeepSeek, the U.S. government is once again promoting the ban on Chinese AI models, trying to restrict the use and dissemination of Chinese open source models such as DeepSeek and Kimi in the United States on the grounds of network security. It is understood that OpenAI and Anthropic, including important customers of NVIDIA, have previously accused Chinese competitors of obtaining their model capabilities through model distillation and other methods. Against the background of this industry game, Nvidia CEO Huang Jensen publicly put forward a completely different view in an exclusive interview with Axios on Tuesday local time. Huang Renxun said bluntly: "These Chinese models are very good, and excellent open source models should be used." He made it clear that American companies "absolutely should" be allowed to use Chinese open source AI models. Huang Renxun pointed out: "There is no possibility that Chinese companies will squeeze American companies out of the market. The probability is zero." At the same time, Huang Renxun corrected another misunderstanding in the market. "There is also a misunderstanding that the open model may compete with the closed model. This is also wrong." He analyzed and explained that OpenAI and Anthropic There is no need to be afraid of the open source model, because the open source model can allow more people to come into contact with AI for the first time, thereby expanding the size of the entire market, and many users will eventually be willing to pay for closed source commercial services that are more convenient, reliable, and performant. He strongly supports China's open source model. "The market misunderstood the impact of DeepSeek for the first time, and this time it misunderstood the impact of Kimi." "This time, I first thought that the open model of artificial intelligence is a good thing for the entire industry. If there are more and better artificial intelligence, as long as it is open, no matter where it comes from." Huang Renxun said, "As long as it is used more, the open source model will expand the AI ​​market and drive more development.