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What changedCrypto Briefing says China’s draft export rules cover a catalogue of 23 AI-related technologies, released for public comment by the commerce and science ministries on 16 October. The catalogue’s final shape will determine which technologies face the controls.
The report says open-source AI technologies may qualify for accelerated automatic licensing. That could offer developers a faster route to releasing models abroad, though the rules remain a draft.
API access and software-as-a-service offerings are outside the reported scope. Overseas users accessing Chinese models through an online service may therefore face a different position from those downloading the models themselves, according to Crypto Briefing.
Sources and evidence- DeepSeek and MiniMax reportedly first to clear China’s new AI export registration – Crypto Briefing: Crypto Briefing reports that China’s draft AI export rules cover 23 technologies, may allow accelerated automatic licensing for open-source AI, and exclude API and SaaS access from their scope.
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