BEIJING PUSHES CHINESE FIRMS TO LIMIT AI MODEL EXPORTS
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Chinese authorities have held meetings with major tech companies including Alibaba and ByteDance over the past month to discuss restricting overseas access to advanced AI models, both open-source and proprietary.
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