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Briefing: Beijing's AI Policy and Saaspocalypse is Not Real.

Meta released its commercial model; the benchmark dilemma continues, and my prediction about the SpaceX-Cursor deal has come true.

Jing Hu
Jul 11, 2026
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Beijing’s AI export control

Chinese officials are apparently kicking around a new idea: limiting overseas access to China’s most advanced AI models.

→ Reuters

Trump is a pioneer of many things (I’m practicing positive thinking these days). The latest one, he initiated export controls on AI models, and others soon followed suit.

That’s the latest lesson Bei…

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