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Erick Erickson discusses the implications of China's Kimi K3 model's rise in the tech arena and critiques various AI leaders while analyzing political debates.

On Open Line Friday, Erick Erickson breaks down why China's Kimi K3 model just seized the number one spot on the front-end code arena, shoving Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Elon Musk's Grok down the leaderboard, and he reads David Sacks's warning that permitting delays and over-regulation are how America loses the AI race. Erick unloads on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and the AI leaders who "creep people out" with talk of mass job losses and doom instead of selling the promise of the technology, then connects the fight to data centers, six-figure trades like welding and plumbing, and the moral foundation of the free market versus private equity. He opens the hour skewering the Maine Democratic Senate primary debate, from trans candidate Ashley Webb to a climate activist and a candidate tied to Graham Platner, before a two-sided monologue on how the left and the right both let the other side control their emotions. Topics: China's Kimi K3 tops the front-end code arena, David Sacks on permissionless innovation, and why U.S. regulation is stalling Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok Erick's blistering critique of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and AI executives who scare the public…

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