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China places recommendation and AI-interface technology under export control

China's commerce and science ministries added AI interactive interfaces, speech technologies, intelligent grading, and data-driven personalised recommendation technology to the catalogue of restricted technology exports. Exporters would need government permission to transfer covered systems abroad.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM30confidence 91/100

Why it moved the index

Binding export controls placed state permission around transfer of consequential AI and recommendation technologies, directly intensifying strategic competition and government leverage over algorithmic capabilities. The catalogue covered many technologies and did not name a specific company.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 30 · confidence 91

    New source-verified historical AI export-control milestone absent from the durable corpus.

    11 Aug 2026
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