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In July of this year, the Ministry of Commerce consulted companies including Alibaba, ByteDance and Zhipu about possible control measures, with discussions including tightening restrictions on overseas downloads of model weights while allowing overseas customers to continue using hosted Chinese models.
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10/16/2026
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