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Product · stratechery.com · Saturday, 25 July 2026

Chinese AI surge, OpenAI’s Hugging Face slip, NBA’s salary cap gamble

Ben Thompson breaks down three escalating strategic fights: Chinese firms racing ahead with Kimi K3, forcing the U.S. to rethink AI policy; OpenAI’s accidental hack of Hugging Face that highlights alignment risks; and the NBA’s second‑apron salary cap that could reshape league economics amid shrinking TV revenue. Together they illustrate how tech and sport confront limits of growth and control.

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