Nvidia’s Final Rule for Keeping Advanced Models Under the Control of the United States and Its Implications on Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia is cozying up to the incoming Trump administration after criticizing a new AI framework just announced by the Biden administration. The president will have final say on whether the rules are enforced or not, as they are supposed to keep advanced chips and models under the control of the United States.

The US already limits exports of advanced AI chips to China, a key geopolitical rival, but companies there have been able to build cutting algorithms using computer clusters located in other nations. Under the new rule, China will not be able to build so-called frontier AI models in other nations impacted by the rule.

“The US leads the world in AI now, both AI development and AI chip design, and it’s critical that we keep it that way,” the US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said ahead of today’s announcement.

New data center rules aim to make sure the most advanced models are kept within the borders of the United States. Microsoft president Brad Smith said in a statement that Microsoft could comply fully with the rule’s high security standards and meet the technology needs of countries and customers around the world.

“The semiconductors that power [AI] and the model weights are, as we all know, a dual use technology,” Raimondo added ahead of the announcement. They can be used in many commercial applications and can also be used by our adversaries.

Arms embargoed nations such as China, Iran, and North Korea are already forbidden from obtaining advanced chips. The new rule will for the first time restrict their access to advanced models.

The design, manufacturing and storage of chips will be exempt from the rule. The rule will not restrict open source models, according to the administration.

High-Order Deep Learning Models Could Be Traded by a New Export Control Scheme: The Common Interest of Artificial Intelligence and the High-Ending Countries

The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and Taiwan are some of the trusted nations.

The Biden administration announced a bold and controversial new export control scheme today, designed to prevent the advanced chips and artificial intelligence models themselves from ending up in the hands of adversaries such as China.