If nothing else, the timing is suspect given the attention and press open weight models are getting over the last few weeks. The releases of Kimi and other models is getting open weight models enough attention that the US government, perhaps pushed by OpenAI and Anthropic, to think about taking action against these models for security concerns.

Good to see that more neutral companies (Microsoft and Meta to name two) are pushing back against US government involvement:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/nvidia-microsoft-meta-open-w...