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title: "Hirundo, Lazarus, and others are applying machine unlearning and weight edits to Chinese models to remove censorship and harden security for Western companies (Rest of World)"
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summary: "Hirundo, Lazarus, and others are applying machine unlearning and weight edits to Chinese models. These actions aim to remove censorship and harden security for Western companies. A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses."
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# Hirundo, Lazarus, and others are applying machine unlearning and weight edits to Chinese models to remove censorship and harden security for Western companies \(Rest of World\)

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**Published:** 2026-11-02T12:40:05.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** deepseek, llm

## Summary

Hirundo, Lazarus, and others are applying machine unlearning and weight edits to Chinese models\. These actions aim to remove censorship and harden security for Western companies\. A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open\-weight models for Western businesses\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261102/p17>)