China Moves to Tighten Control Over Exports of Leading AI Models
China has drafted rules on exporting artificial intelligence technology. They show how the country is trying to balance national security risks with its wish to outpace the United States.
China has drafted rules that would tighten control over the export of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and its leading AI models, The New York Times reported on October 21.
According to the newspaper, the draft shows Beijing trying to balance two aims. On one side, it wants to limit the national security risks involved. On the other, it wants to outpace the United States in the race to develop AI.
Because the rules are still a draft, they are not final. The available excerpt of the report does not say which specific restrictions are proposed, which models or companies would be covered, or when the rules might be approved. Those details are not yet known.