U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT SAYS ON CHINA THAT OVER THE PAST 60 DAYS IT HAS 'WOKEN UP TO... HOW POWERFUL THEIR OPEN SOURCE MODELS ARE', ACCUSING CHINESE FIRMS OF 'INDUSTRIAL DISTILLATION, WHICH IS A NICE WORD FOR STEALING FROM THE U.S. MODELS', AND SAYING THAT ONE OF THEIR 'VERY POWERFUL MODELS IS KIMI', WHICH 'THINKS SHE IS CLAUDE' AND 'SENT BACK SOME PLA WEAPONS PLANS TO ANTHROPIC'. - AXIOS 03-OCT-2026 09:27 AM ET