China’s Free A.I. Models Are Thrown Into Uncertainty

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/asia/china-exports-ai-controls.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share​

Now Beijing is moving to tighten its grip on the global spread of the country’s top-tier A.I., proposing rules that could give the government new power to track, and potentially limit, where the systems go.

First you get them hooked - then you tighten the screws.

Commies love control.