Google Cloud Faces Backlash for Hosting Moonshot's Kimi Model on US Chips
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-30
Google Cloud recently announced a partnership with Moonshot AI to host and serve the Kimi model on its platform. This move sparked controversy, with critics arguing that leading US cloud providers should not pay Chinese AI companies for the right to run their models on US-made chips.
The author points out that Moonshot's open-weight license is not entirely free for commercial use, explicitly requiring cloud providers to pay a fee to host Kimi. Consequently, Google's official announcement actively thanked Moonshot for the partnership. The commentator emphasized that, regardless of the merits of open-source AI, leading US AI companies should avoid partnering with top Chinese firms in ways that involve paying them to serve their products.
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