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AI Policy & Regulation
Two governments are drawing lines around AI at once. Washington keeps extending export controls, from chips toward model access; Beijing rewires procurement, blocks foreign deals, and regulates what consumer AI is allowed to do. The policy layer often moves the industry more than any single model.
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- The Supplier
An interagency committee cleared CXMT for the US Entity List, but Commerce has not updated it since October 2025, the longest pause in a decade, because the two sides are mid-negotiation.
- The Cutoff
US Commerce ordered a leading AI lab to cut its two most capable models off from all foreign nationals worldwide, then reversed it a week later. Export controls reached model access, and retreated.
- The Singapore Clause
China’s NDRC blocked Meta’s roughly 2 billion dollar acquisition of an agent startup that had reincorporated in Singapore, ordering the deal unwound. State media called it "Singapore-washing."
- The Exit
China’s Cyberspace Administration barred major domestic firms from buying Nvidia AI chips, citing an assessment that domestic parts now match them. The control now cuts both ways.
- The Price War Is Over
The US House Select Committee documented the workarounds, legal procurement, smuggling and distillation, and noted China remains the largest market for chipmaking equipment despite the controls.
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