Biden administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) FILE – Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill, May 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) FILE – President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) By JOSH BOAK and MATT O’BRIEN, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries. But the framework proposed Monday also raised concerns of chip industry executives who say the rules would limit access to existing chips used for video games and restrict in 120 countries the chips used for data centers and AI products. Mexico, Portugal, Israel and Switzerland are among the nations that could have limited access.

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