China is restricting overseas travel for top AI professionals in private firms such as Alibaba Group and DeepSeek, suggesting an escalation in measures intended to safeguard its tech and catch up to the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/27/tech/china-travel-curbs-ai-firms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #ai #tech
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By locking down the overseas travel of private sector researchers at places like Alibaba and DeepSeek, China is treating their top AI talent exactly like cold war nuclear scientists or national security assets. They aren't just protecting code or weight files anymore; they are explicitly treating the wetware—the human brains carrying the intuition and knowledge—as state property that cannot leave the borders.
