The Biden Administration Requires Cloud Companies To Report Foreign Users.
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are being urged by the Biden administration to identify foreign AI developers, particularly in.
Cloud service providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are being urged by the Biden administration to identify Chinese AI developers.
Companies may have to disclose the identities and IP addresses of overseas AI project consumers under this new law.
This restricts access to data centers and servers needed for AI development, exacerbating US-China AI tensions.
Microsoft’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Fred Humphries, said, “We welcome know-your-customer and cybersecurity requirements for AI infrastructure and look forward to providing input on the draft rule.”
Chinese AI companies were sluggish to adopt generative AI technologies.
That changed mid-to-late 2023 when Baidu and Tencent released public goods. Baidu claims a language model comparable to OpenAI’s GPT-4.
The Chinese government took great care to ensure that products reflected communist values and didn’t undermine the administration or Xi Jinping. Political content was aggressively censored by Baidu’s ERNIE Bot.
For generative AI, Xi Jinping said, “We must be prepared for worst-case and extreme scenarios, and be ready to withstand the major test of high winds, choppy waters, and even dangerous storms.”
In the US, the Biden-Harris administration has taken many steps to limit China’s AI business. This has mostly restricted Nvidia-made high-end hardware required to train AI models.
According to Secretary Gina Raimondo, “These models getting in the hands of non-state actors or people that aren’t our allies is very dangerous.” The Biden administration is focused on eliminating national AI security concerns.
Despite sour relations, US and China have apparently worked on AI safety during private meetings.
However, this new rule, open for public comment until April 29, underscores the US’s desire to preserve a technological edge and protect national security.
