트럼프는 중국 AI 기업 ‘제재’…트럼프 가족은 관련 기업과 ‘맞손’

Recent reports have surfaced regarding Donald Trump's family's involvement with a Hong Kong-based company, WorldClo, which collaborates with AI models developed by certain Chinese tech companies. The U.S. government has classified these Chinese companies, such as Alibaba, Baidu, and Z.ai as threats to national security and intellectual property rights.

Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial, a family-owned cryptocurrency company, provides these AI models to customers, receiving payment in World Liberty's own cryptocurrency token. Nearly half of the 90 AI models available on WorldClo's website are developed by these Chinese companies. The Trump family benefits from World Liberty's token sales, generating over $1.4 billion in revenue, which is the largest portion of their overall $23 billion earnings.

While there are no illegal aspects to WorldClo's cooperation with Chinese companies or its relationship with World Liberty, the Trump administration's strict stance on China and WorldClo's activities have been noticed. WorldClo's AI models from China are generally legal for U.S. individuals and businesses to use, but some Chinese companies are facing sanctions from the U.S. government due to national security concerns.

Notably, Alibaba and Baidu, two major Chinese tech companies, are included in the U.S. military's list of products facing trade restrictions. Companies like Z.ai are also on the Department of Commerce's restricted trade list due to strict limitations on U.S. technology access. DeepSight and Mosaic, other AI competitors criticized for intellectual property theft, are also provided by WorldClo.

Donald Trump's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have promoted WorldClo, describing the collaboration as beneficial for the future of finance. The Trump family's earnings from World Liberty token sales amount to over $1.4 billion, representing the largest share of their $23 billion total income.