Sources: Chinese government agencies begin imposing overseas travel restrictions on individuals involved in advanced AI work, including at Alibaba and DeepSeek
China is restricting overseas travel for top AI professionals in private firms such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and DeepSeek …
Bloomberg
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Discussion
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@discoplomacy
Sam
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Bloomberg reports that Chinese government agencies have begun imposing travel restrictions on top AI researchers at Chinese firms. Not the first time travel restrictions have been used in China. [image]
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@sensehofstede.nl
Sense Hofstede
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Bloomberg: Chinese authorities are imposing restrictions on top AI talent involved in advanced work and considered strategically important to the country, sources say - ‘a mix of startup founders, researchers and executives, the people said.’
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China Expands Travel Curbs to Top AI Talent at Private Firms
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r/neoliberal
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China Expands Travel Curbs to Top AI Talent at Private Firms
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r/accelerate
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“China Limits Overseas Travel for AI Talent at DeepSeek, Alibaba, Private Firms - Bloomberg”
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@natolambert
Nathan Lambert
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The geopolitical angle of the AI race is only going to keep accelerating. More domestic talent travel restrictions from the Chinese government. I expect more and more things like this, AI is getting embedded in the core of existing power structures. — www.bloomberg.com/news/a…
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@natolambert
Nathan Lambert
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China begins restricting travel for top AI talent at key orgs (was previously rumored for deepseek only). [image]
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Isaac Stone Fish
Isaac Stone Fish
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How badly is Beijing worried about losing the AI race to the United States? So badly that it's restricting overseas travel for top AI talent in companies like Alibaba and DeepSeek. …
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@noahpinion
Noah Smith
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This fuels my belief that: A) We ARE living in the Chinese Century, but B) The Chinese Century is going to be a lot less Chinese than the American Century was American.
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@minchoi
Min Choi
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China is now restricting overseas travel for top AI talent at private firms. Alibaba. DeepSeek. Startup founders. Researchers. Are AI talents treated like nuclear scientists now? [image]
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@yaqiu
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Nothing will push top AI talent away faster than telling them they are not allowed to leave. The CCP just can't win people's hearts because, at its core, it is a control freak.
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@msmelchen
Melissa Chen
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If you're a Westerner reading this, please do not fall into the trap of thinking “oh, China is scared. Freedom wins again. We've got the AI race in the bag.” This idea that closed authoritarian systems cannot innovate needs to be challenged. There are countless examples in