Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions
On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace a Biden-era rule regulating the export of high-end AI accelerator chips worldwide, Bloomberg and Reuters reported.
A Department of Commerce spokeswoman told Reuters that officials found the previous framework “overly complex, overly bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation” and pledged to create “a much simpler rule that unleashes American innovation and ensures American AI dominance.”
The Biden administration issued the Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion in January during its final week in office. The regulation represented the last salvo of a four-year effort to control global access to so-called “advanced” AI chips (such as GPUs made by Nvidia), with a focus on restricting China’s ability to obtain tech that could enhance its military capabilities.
