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DeepSeek V4.1, Flash 1017, and two other new models have been released, but they remain in the early deployment phase; China and the U.S. are simultaneously strengthening AI governance: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has banned DeepSeek-related products, while China plans to impose export approval for ultra-large-scale models; Anthropic has launched a public-interest equity fund and drafted a federal AI bill; industry infrastructure and security research are advancing in tandem.
This issue focuses on key developments in the AI field in late October 2026: Meta unveiled its multimodal MoE model, Muse; Spark Open has been met with skepticism and labeled “dead”; performance, licensing, and deployment ecosystems among China, the U.S., and Europe are becoming increasingly divergent; China plans to introduce a draft export control regulation covering 23 categories of AI technologies; and several cutting-edge models have been released, accompanied by unverified performance claims and security concerns.