Trump's World Liberty Financial partners with restricted Chinese company to offer AI

Crypto company backed by President Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial, is connected to WorldClaw, a Hong Kong platform that offers access to Chinese AI models that have been marked by the U.S. government as security risks, according to a report by Reuters on Monday.

Flagged Chinese labs fill WorldClaw AI menu

WorldClaw has a catalogue of about 90 AI models on its routing service platform, with a Reuters review stating that 43 of them come from Chinese developers, including Alibaba, Baidu, Z.ai, DeepSeek, and Moonshot. OpenAI and Anthropic also have models available on the platform.

Several of these Chinese firms have particular U.S. government labels regarding their use. The Department of Defense has named Alibaba and Baidu as Chinese military-affiliated companies, a status barring the Pentagon from working with them in any capacity.

Z.ai, formerly Zhipu AI, sits on the Commerce Department’s entity list, which restricts its access to U.S. technology and forces American firms to seek an export license that is presumptively denied. The government listing also accuses Z.ai of advancing China’s military capabilities through advanced AI.

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