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Reuters 7 Jul 2026 14 here now

Beijing looks at curbing overseas access to its top AI models, sources say

Chinese authorities have recently met with top tech firms about potentially restricting overseas access to China's most advanced AI models, including those yet to be released, three people familiar wi

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AI is sloppy stolen data.
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nooooooo.
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That moment when new AI development becomes an arms race
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Anthropic and OpenAI are jumping for joy!! Ok, EU, please rescue us.
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@stc2828 From YouTube ↗ 9 Jul 2026 1
Oh no, your free trial is about to expire :face-purple-crying:
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Oh, they're about to go with Acki Nacki
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That's great news for the rest of the world.
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I'm already running a good model locally for my work and hobbyism. It's only a matter of time before performance is crunched down, and people won't be relying on these huge server farms for what an older GPU can do in a few minutes, rather than paying a fee forever.
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@42VS42 From YouTube ↗ 8 Jul 2026 4
Yeah, it must be very embarrassing for them.
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AI isn't intelligence or creativity. It's just an over-rated copycat that steals intellectual property on an industrial scale.
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@jepolch From YouTube ↗ 8 Jul 2026 8
Right. After Deepseek copied Anthropic and OpenAI using a technique called distilling. They want to restrict foreign access to make it harder for other AI labs to see what Deepseek copied.
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Both Washington and Beijing treating AI models as strategic assets. The real question is: what happens to AI safety cooperation when every major player is building walls?