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The United States has added Zhipu, an AI startup backed by Tencent Holdings, to its trade-restrictions blacklist. This move is part of broader efforts by Washington to curb China’s tech advancements, particularly in AI, where Zhipu is among the frontrunners in developing a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The US Department of Commerce has placed Zhipu on its Entity List, which prevents US suppliers from selling to the company without a license.