US official calls OpenAI exec 'idiot' over 'govt blocking Chinese AI' remark

Emil Michael, US Under Secretary of Defense, criticised OpenAI's Head of Strategy, Dean Ball, for saying US government has blocked its employees from using Chinese AI models. "Every industry...has its supreme village idiot... Ball...is that for AI," Michael said. Ball has been facing backlash after saying US government may regulate open-weight Chinese AI models following the release of Kimi K3.