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China Now Requires An Export License For All New Large AI Models, Potentially Affecting Moonshot’s Unreleased Kimi K3.1, As Taiwan Criminalizes Smuggling Of Advanced Chips To China

A digital illustration shows a networked brain labeled 'Moonshot AI Kimi K3.1' over a map of China with 'EXPORT CONTROL' stamped, alongside the text 'MOONSHOT AI' and 'SOVEREIGN AI UNDER CONTROL'.

China has just significantly tightened the noose on the export of 23 AI technologies, including large models, AI agents, and compute clusters, potentially affecting the upcoming Kimi K3.1 model from Moonshot AI. While these draft rules had been in the offing for some time, their official announcement has coincided with an incendiary move on the part of Taiwan, which has now formally criminalized the export of advanced chips and servers to China. China tightens the noose on advanced AI models, which can affect the adoption of highly anticipated models such as Moonshot AI’s Kimi 3.1, though China’s Ministry of Commerce […]

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