- President Biden Set to Introduce New AI Dissemination Rules on AI Technology
- The groups have praised the rules for helping bolster national security.
- However, China and Nvidia have criticized the rules for stifling competition.
In the final days of the Biden administration, the president introduced a set of new regulations aimed at restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductors used in artificial intelligence technology.
The ‘Export Control Framework for the Diffusion of AI’ divides the world into friends and enemies, with allies receiving unlimited access to AI technology, while American adversaries, namely China, Russia, Iran and Korea of the North, will face harsh restrictions.
The latest regulations, along with the series of export restrictions imposed against China during Biden’s four years in office, are designed to maintain Western dominance in AI development and AI chip design.
“It is essential that we continue like this”
The AI diffusion rules would implement new country-specific quotas for GPUs, but provide an option for cloud computing providers to apply for approval to build data centers outside these limits, allowing giants like Microsoft, Google and Amazon continue with the current and current ones. future projects without restrictions, as long as they meet safety requirements, reporting requirements and have a track record of respecting human rights.
The regulations will not take effect for another 120 days, leaving plenty of wiggle room for Trump to settle into his second presidency and decide his foreign policy approach toward China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping was invited to Trump’s inauguration but declined, and the US president-elect threatened during his election campaign with heavy tariffs on imported goods, with a focus on China.
Ahead of the AI Diffusion announcement, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said: “The United States now leads in AI, both in the development and design of AI chips, and it is critical that we keep it that way. “.
Much of the motivation behind imposing restrictions on China’s ability to import AI chips and manufacturing technologies has been based on national security concerns around the possibility of Beijing introducing advanced AI technologies into its military.
Both the group Americans for Responsible Innovation and the US-Chinese Communist Party Strategic Competition have praised the focus of AI diffusion rules on the basis of national security.
However, in response, China’s Ministry of Commerce called the regulations “another example of generalization of the concept of national security and abuse of export controls,” further arguing that the regulations were not in line with economic and trade rules. established and are a “flagrant violation.”
Nvidia, which capitalized on the hype over AI technology and software to catapult itself to second place among the most valuable companies by market capitalization, also responded to the regulations in a blog post, with Ned Finkle, vice president of government affairs, stating the Diffusion of AI. The rules are “a 200-plus-page regulatory morass, drafted in secret and without adequate legislative review,” adding that the Biden administration was attempting to “manipulate market outcomes and stifle competition.”
Finkle also noted that the regulation would affect much of the technology that is “already widely available in leading gaming PCs and consumer hardware.” The blog post concluded with a statement praising innovation and competition during Trump’s first term, with Nvidia “watching[ing] “We look forward to returning to policies that strengthen American leadership, boost our economy, and preserve our competitive advantage in AI and beyond.”
Through SCMP
