Zuckerberg urges open AI competition, rejects US ban on Chinese models

Mark Zuckerberg argues in a Financial Times interview that the US should not ban Chinese AI models, saying blocking them would not effectively boost US competitiveness. He calls for systematically identifying bottlenecks, promoting open, configurable AI models, and guarding against regulatory capture by frontier labs, as Washington debates how to govern new models amid rapid Chinese advances and cyber-security concerns.