Beijing weighs curbs on overseas access to China's most advanced AI models

China's Ministry of Commerce has held meetings with top tech firms — including Alibaba, ByteDance and startup Z.ai — over potentially restricting foreign access to the country's most advanced AI models, Reuters reports. Officials also discussed criminalizing leaks of proprietary AI under national security law and limiting who can fund domestic AI startups. No formal rules have been announced; the talks remain preliminary.