By MLex Staff ( June 3, 2026, 08:33 GMT | Insight) -- China is tightening exit controls on artificial intelligence professionals, extending travel restrictions to top talent at private-sector companies as competition with the US for leadership in the technology intensifies, MLex has learned. Founders, elite researchers, top engineers and senior executives at companies including DeepSeek and Alibaba are understood to be subject to the new measures issued by the Exit-Entry Administration under the Ministry of Public Security.China is tightening exit controls on artificial intelligence professionals, extending travel restrictions to top talent at private-sector companies as competition with the US for leadership in the technology intensifies, MLex has learned....
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