China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies, weights and agents
SafetySource:Reuters
China's commerce ministry proposes adding 40 technologies to its controlled-export catalogue, 23 of them AI: large models, agents and computing clusters. Access via APIs, websites and apps is excluded; already-public open-source models stay out of scope. Public consultation runs until November 15.
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