China

NDRC eight-point AI Action Plan, Trump admin considers ban on Chinese open-source models, Mulan copyleft license submitted to OSI, and Qiushi essay on AI ideology

WAICO founded, Kimi K3 released as largest open-source model, Xi calls for open collaboration at WAIC 2026, and openKylin advances AI-native OS

Xi Jinping champions open-source AI at WAIC 2026; Moonshot’s Kimi K3 becomes the largest open-weight model ever; China releases AI cooperation action plan; Beijing studies export controls on frontier models.