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China plans export controls on 23 AI technologies including model weights

China plans to restrict exports of 23 key AI technologies, including model weights, source code and training methods for systems above 10^26 FLOPs or 2 trillion parameters. A fast-track rule would still clear open-source releases once registered.

First seen 16 Oct, 17:42 UTC on The Decoder2 sourcesLast update 2h ago

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The Decoder· 16 Oct, 17:42China tightens export controls on open-weight models and 23 key AI technologiesThe Decoder· 16 Oct, 17:42China plans to tighten export controls on open-weight models and 23 key AI technologies

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16 Oct 17:42The Decoder China tightens export controls on open-weight models and 23 key AI technologies16 Oct 17:42The Decoder China plans to tighten export controls on open-weight models and 23 key AI technologies