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DeepSeek and MiniMax have won approval to deploy their AI models overseas, Bloomberg reports, citing a Chinese state media affiliate.
Why it mattersThe reported approval could open the door to wider international use of two Chinese AI developers’ models. The report does not identify the approving authority or set out where deployment is permitted, so the scope remains unclear.
Discuss: Should governments make overseas approvals for AI models public and specific, or is a broad green light enough?
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Watch Desk Update What changedThe Standard, citing Reuters, identifies the account behind the reported approval as Yuyuan Tantian, which is affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The report says the account made a separate post on Friday, after the Thursday approval post, saying overseas internet users had urged other Chinese open-source language models to follow suit.
The report also places the approval against China’s proposed export controls, announced on 16 October. Those proposals cover 23 AI technologies, including models, agents and computing clusters, but China’s commerce ministry said most AI technologies would remain exportable, with simplified licensing for some open-source exports and overseas computing centres.
That adds policy context, not a clear map of what DeepSeek or MiniMax may deploy, where they may do it, or which authority approved it.
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- China's DeepSeek, MiniMax win approval for AI global use, state media-affiliated entity says - The Standard (HK): The Standard, citing Reuters, reports that the approval was announced by a CCTV-affiliated account, that the account later said overseas users urged other Chinese open-source models to follow suit, and that the development comes amid proposed export controls on 23 AI technologies.
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