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Why Britain should reject the lure of cheap – and scary – Chinese AI

October 17, 2026 Guardian Business 1 min read
Guardian Business · Leans Left
Why Britain should reject the lure of cheap – and  scary – Chinese AI

In the west the technology comes with at least some effort to provide security and a benign intent – not so from China

There is much to fear from artificial intelligence developed in China and handed to businesses and governments in the west almost free of charge.

Every month Chinese AI developers such as DeepSeek and Xiaomi dispatch the latest versions of their “open-weight” models that allow users to take the core software and use it without paying an expensive ongoing licence.

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