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House investigating Airbnb over Chinese AI models
Lawmakers are seeking security assessments and internal records as they examine whether Chinese-developed models could expose customer data and business systems to risk.
- On Wednesday, The House Homeland Security Committee and House China Select Committee jointly sent letters to Airbnb and Anysphere, investigating national security risks posed by Chinese-developed artificial intelligence models used by these firms.
- Andrew Garbarino and John Moolenaar raised concerns about Cursor's Composer 2 model, which was built on Moonshot's Kimi, while also questioning Airbnb's use of Alibaba's Qwen, citing "coordinated campaigns to extract advanced capabilities."
- Distillation allows foreign actors to repackage American innovation into cheaper tools; Moolenaar told Semafor these models introduce hidden vulnerabilities that put Americans' "data and businesses at risk."
- Lawmakers requested internal communications, security evaluations, and customer data from both companies, citing Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's prior comments that the company is "relying a lot" on Qwen, describing it as "very good."
- The probe follows a White House Office memo regarding Chinese proxy accounts and jailbreaking tactics, occurring amid the broader U.S. technology race where the Trump administration previously allowed Nvidia to sell chips to China for a 15 percent cut of revenue.
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House investigating Airbnb over Chinese AI models
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