Re:China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announc...
by yorwba on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:31AM
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The proposed export controls do add some categories where export is completely prohibited. For example, sandbox detection. While the provisions specifically for AI models are generous enough, it's still possible that they trigger some other prohibition by being too capable. The statement about encouraging open source only applies to cases where export is merely restricted, not prohibited, and even then companies need to report their intention to export in advance, in principle giving the government the opportunity to deny them an export license.
So they're changing some things.
Re:China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announc...
by expedition32 on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:28PM
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Also a lot of countries that can't trust the US -cough Maduro cough- will choose Chinese AI solutions.
What they are saying is that they won't be changing anything.
That could of course change overnight.
There are multiple aspects to this: China is cottoning on to the meaning of soft power, and besides that being a major supplier of AI related models, services and hardware further cements their place in the world economy.
Of course there are risks as well. Models produced and released into the wild for which you have not seen the training and conditioning data could have payloads that you'd rather not have.