Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into three tiers to determine how many AI chips a country can obtain
stakes for tech dominance escalate Diya Lal / Tech in Asia : Trump administration may revise Biden's AI chip export rules Archanarani / Verdict : Trump team weighing changes to Biden-era AI chip export rules Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : Trump Administration Targets Biden-Era AI Chip Curbs, Could Scrap Country Tiers And Tighten Access To Nvidia's H100 Chips: Report Bluesky: Peter Thal Larsen / @petertl : Using exports of AI chips as leverage for bilateral trade negotiations seems like a great way to undermine Nvidia. — www.reuters.com/world/china/ ... X: Dan Nystedt / @dnystedt : The Trump administration is working on new semiconductor export rules to better limit access to AI chips, and do away with the tiered system created under the previous administration, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources, and adding removing the tier system could enable AI Kevin Xu / @kevinsxu : This is a very astute, underappreciated point Lumping AI diffusion rules with all the trade deals erodes the natsec justifications of the AI diffusion rules Shehzad Qazi / @shehzadhqazi : “The regulation, issued in Jan, is aimed at dividing up access to most advanced AI chips & controlling certain model weights in order to keep the most sophisticated computing power in the US & among its allies & away from China/other countries of concern” https://www.reuters.com/... Martin Chorzempa / @chorzempamartin : If the US makes access to AI chips part of trade negotiations unrelated to nat sec concerns, it will validate the longstanding suspicion globally that export controls are just about ensuring US hegemony. Will erode others' willingness to comply, and we can't enforce ourselves.