OpenAI and Google provided advanced AI services to Singapore-based affiliates of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, according to a Financial Times report.The Chinese parent companies are included on the Pentagon's 1260H list, but the AI access reportedly remained legal under current US rules because the services were used outside mainland China.OpenAI said it blocks direct access from China but allows some Chinese-owned companies to use its models in other markets where safeguards are in place. The company later s ...

NEW: OpenAI and Google provided AI services to Singapore-based affiliates of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent despite their parent companies appearing on the Pentagon's blacklist, Per FT. https://t.co/t4O733bdQb ...