Max Dahl

Everything is now national security—Beijing blocks sale of Swiss-Swedish robotic maker that produces in China over concerns about data transfer on robotics being used to train AI models. “Deal cleared China’s competition review in February. It then became subject to a foreign investment security review that highlighted Beijing’s concern over the transfer of assets developed in China to a Japanese company at a time of heightened tensions with Tokyo and strategic competition with Washington. The NDRC had been concerned about robotics data being transferred overseas, where it could be used to train AI models, including those developed by OpenAI, in which SoftBank is a major investor, said people familiar with the matter.