Trump-Backed Crypto Firm Partners with Platform Using Chinese AI Models

World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture backed by President Donald Trump, has partnered with WorldClaw, a Hong Kong-based platform offering AI models from Chinese companies that have raised national security concerns in the US.

Nearly half of the 90 available AI models on WorldClaw come from firms like Alibaba, Baidu, and Z.ai, which have been restricted by the Pentagon and Commerce Department due to military ties or intellectual property concerns. The platform also offers models from U.S. companies including OpenAI and Anthropic.

The collaboration has sparked concerns among experts that it contradicts the administration's tough stance on Chinese technology. WorldClaw accepts World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin as payment, which is used by the Trump family to earn revenue, although exact profits remain unclear.