Under China's new AI export rules, DeepSeek and MiniMax open-source approvals took just hours
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-23
Citing a CCTV-affiliated commentator, teortaxesTex reports that under China's Oct. 16 draft revision of its technology export catalogue (adding 23 AI-related technologies), DeepSeek (V4.1F-1017) and MiniMax (M3.1-Flash) completed registration, open-sourced their models, and granted overseas licenses — with approval seemingly taking only hours. Per the reported details, the catalogue's core purpose is drawing boundaries rather than restricting exports: open-sourcing, overseas compute centers, foreign tape-outs and joint R&D qualify for automatic-licensing facilitation, and technologies already public via open-source or papers are proposed to fall outside export control. Lawyers involved said control criteria were repeatedly adjusted based on industry feedback.
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