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Open models make AI available to researchers and businesses with fewer resources; courses widen skills access. Companion-AI safeguards aim to protect users.

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Chinese models, robotics and deployment expand; chip export restrictions, proposed robot import controls and companion safeguards constrain parts of the sector.

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  1. How China’s AI robot revolution is beating the West ↗The Independent · 2026-08-25

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