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A treasury threatens sanctions over watermarks surfacing in rival weights

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The Treasury Secretary threatened sanctions over distillation, saying American watermarks surface in Chinese weights, with the first US-China AI dialogue set for September.

Reporting date: 2026-07-22 (not necessarily the event date)

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A treasury threatens sanctions over watermarks surfacing in rival weights
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Reporting date: 2026-07-22
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Claim: The Treasury Secretary threatened sanctions over distillation, saying American watermarks surface in Chinese weights, with the first US-China AI dialogue set for September.
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