Moonshot released its Kimi K3 model this week, prompting statements from White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios and an ongoing Commerce Department investigation into Chinese firms' use of Nvidia chips. Anthropic has formally accused Moonshot, DeepSeek, and MiniMax of large-scale distillation of its Claude models, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued sanctions threats. All reported details originate from Straits Times coverage citing official statements and company actions.