The estimate, cited by SCMP, points to a sizable corporate hit if Washington restricts access to Chinese artificial intelligence models amid rising U.S.-China technology tensions.
A potential U.S. ban on Chinese AI models could impose annual costs of $12 billion on businesses, SCMP reported. The figure underscores the economic stakes of any move by Washington to curb the use of Chinese artificial intelligence systems, as U.S.-China technology frictions increasingly extend beyond chips and hardware into software models and enterprise adoption.