China might curb access to its top AI models: Report

Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say - The Economic Times

Beijing held talks with Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai about restricting overseas access to China's advanced AI models, including unreleased ones, following DeepSeek R1's low-cost global expansion. Export controls would eliminate cost-competitive alternatives for enterprises worldwide and codify AI as strategic national security infrastructure, mirroring U.S. restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos.