China drafts export-license rule covering large AI models and open weights

Chinese authorities are preparing rules that would require an export license for new large AI models, with open-weight models and roughly 23 key AI technologies on a control list, according to Oct 16 reports. Coverage flags potential impact on Moonshot's unreleased Kimi K3.1 and the open-source releases-intensive model race, and questions whether the 'straitjacket' regime will slow China's labs.