ChinaTalk — will Xi license, lock down, or let frontier models rip?

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ChinaTalk — will Xi license, lock down, or let frontier models rip?

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The sharpest policy read on the open-weight question: three scenarios for how Beijing handles Chinese labs reaching frontier parity, with the panel's consensus (45-65%) on graduated state-first access rather than open release — and a Reuters report that Beijing is weighing restrictions on overseas access to advanced Chinese models. That last item is the counter-signal to the open-weight pile-on: if Beijing gates the frontier, the free-weights cadence has a ceiling.

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