Technology industry leaders are urging the Biden administration not to add a new regulation that would limit AI exports, citing concerns that it is overblown and could reduce U.S. global dominance in AI.
The new rule, which industry leaders say could come as early as this weekend, effectively seeks to shore up the US economy and national security efforts by adding new limits on the number of products made in the United States. artificial intelligence Products can be distributed all over the world.
“A rule of this kind would cede the global market to U.S. competitors who would be eager to meet untapped demand created by placing arbitrary limits on U.S. companies’ ability to sell basic computing systems,” said a letter Monday from Jason Oxman, director of the Department of Computing. outside”. The President and CEO of the Information Technology Industry (ITI) Council wrote to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “If the United States loses its supremacy in the global AI ecosystem, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to regain it in the future.”
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The process of establishing new export controls on AI dates back to October 2022, when the Biden administration's Commerce Department first released an updated export framework aimed at slowing the progress of China's military programs. Details of the new export controls emerged after the Biden administration called on US technology company NVIDIA to stop selling certain computer chips to China Next month.
The American company Nvidia is developing realistic robots equipped with artificial intelligence capabilities. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
In an update to the rule the following year, the Biden administration announced the start of a public notice and comment period. Finally, last month, as the president's term in the White House approached, the administration published two new updates to the rule that added more restrictions to the proposed export controls. This rule is now in its final stages before it is formally published in the Federal Register.
“The Interim Final Rule proposed by the Bureau of Industry and Security ('BIS') ('IFR') is an overly complex and overly broad attempt to regulate artificial intelligence and graphics processing units in the name of national security,” said Ken Glueck, Executive Vice President. in oracle, he wrote in a blog post Sunday posted on his company's website.
“For more than half a century, there has been a bipartisan consensus that the best way to achieve U.S. technological leadership is to regulate technology.” With a light touch. As a result, American companies have continued to lead each successive generation of technology, from the personal computer to the Internet, to mobile, to the cloud, and now artificial intelligence.
In addition to concerns that New regulations It would stifle economic growth in the domestic AI sector, and some critics have argued that preventing American AI manufacturers from selling their computer chips worldwide could actually benefit China.
“The Biden administration is trying to force other countries to choose a side — the United States or China — and is likely to discover that if it issues this ultimatum, many will choose China,” said Stephen Ezell, vice president for global innovation policy. This came in a statement issued today, Tuesday, on the organization’s website.
“Furthermore, the United States must confront efforts by China and Russia, which recently launched a military operation Artificial Intelligence Alliance Network He added: “Among the BRICS countries, to provide their allies and partners with access to artificial intelligence data, models and computer resources.”
Experts warn of dire consequences for America if China surpasses the United States in its technological capabilities.
Ezell and others also highlighted the hasty nature of the proposed new rule on export controls, arguing that rushing to finalize it came at the expense of adequate industry input into the new regulations.
“We respectfully caution against making such a rapid and significant policy shift during this transition period, and without meaningful consultation with industry,” the Semiconductor Industry Association said in a statement on Monday. The group encouraged the Biden administration to “hand over policymaking” to the government The incoming Trump administration Because it “will ensure there is an appropriate opportunity for government and industry leaders, along with our global partners, to thoughtfully address this critical issue.”
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It is uncertain exactly how the next administration will deal with this issue. Trump has indicated that he is not afraid to initiate new trade deals and can use export controls as leverage.
However, the president-elect said after his November election victory that the focus of his second term would be “winning the AI arms race with China (and others).”
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“With U.S. energy dominance, we will lower inflation, win the AI arms race with China (and others), and expand American diplomatic power to end wars around the world,” Trump wrote in an email in which former North Dakota Gov. Doug declared. Burgum as the new head of the Ministry of the Interior
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