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China clears DeepSeek, MiniMax to deploy their AI models overseas, a Chinese state media affiliate says. It is part of a wave of homegrown AI technologies that Beijing will allow to operate globally.(paywalled)

Why it matters Beijing is now deciding which of its AI models may be sold abroad, tying China's AI exports to government approval.

Microsoft claims its AI diagnoses better than doctors, with its AI diagnostic system beating generalist doctors on hard cases in a study published in Science. Most of the improvement seems to come from the underlying AI models, not Microsoft's own system, as Mustafa Suleyman pursues medical superintelligence.

Why it matters If the gains come mostly from the base models, similar diagnostic performance may become available well beyond Microsoft.

DeepSeek open-sources another model while China and the US restrict each other's technology, leaving AI leaders wanting their models everywhere and under their control, a pairing they may not get to have.(paywalled)

Canva releases its first image generation model, Canva Craft, which uses a two-stage design that plans a layout before generating the image. It is available to all users and competes directly with models from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google.