SocietyAI glossary
Export controls
Rules by which a state prohibits or conditions the sale of sensitive technologies abroad: yesterday weapons, today the most advanced chips, even AI models themselves. This has become the central legal weapon in the technological rivalry between the United States and China, the one that decides who gets access to the best AIs.
In other words
A customs checkpoint for technology: certain products deemed strategic are not allowed to leave the country without authorisation.
Alyriaz articles that mention it
- When the State pulls the plug on an AI: the US government forces Anthropic to cut off its most powerful models
On 12 June 2026, the US government forced Anthropic to switch off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all its users, citing export controls. It is the first time a consumer AI has been taken offline on state orders. We explain what happened, and why it goes far beyond Anthropic.
- Can we still stop AI? The open-source trap
Regulators worldwide are piling up AI laws. Europe's AI Act, America's Take It Down Act, national laws. But once a powerful model is available in open source, no law can make it disappear. How do you regulate something that has already escaped? A closer look at the new paradigm.
- DeepSeek V4: China rolls out its open-source weapon against OpenAI and Anthropic
On 24 April, DeepSeek released V4-Pro and V4-Flash, two open-source models that rival Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 for a fraction of the price. And they run on Chinese chips. Here is what that really changes.