{"slug": "firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups", "title": "FirstFT: US AI models sold to blacklisted Chinese groups", "summary": "US artificial intelligence models were sold to Chinese entities on a US blacklist, violating export controls. The sales, which involved companies including a subsidiary of ByteDance, raise national security concerns and highlight gaps in enforcement of technology restrictions.", "body_md": "# FirstFT: US AI models sold to blacklisted Chinese groups\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)Also in today’s newsletter: Mervyn King picked for Fed reform and largest US listing by foreign group\n\nAlso in today’s newsletter: Mervyn King picked for Fed reform and largest US listing by foreign group\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups-xoid", "published_at": "2026-07-10 04:31:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10 05:43:31.065727+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["ByteDance", "Financial Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/firstft-us-ai-models-sold-to-blacklisted-chinese-groups.jsonld"}}