Trump administration rescinds Biden AI chip export rule
- The U.S. Department of Commerce withdrew the Biden Administration’s AI export regulations just days before they were scheduled to take effect on May 15, 2025.
- The rule, introduced by former President Biden in January, would have imposed U.S.-made AI chip export limits on multiple countries using a tiered restriction system.
- The Department of Commerce issued guidance to protect chip supply chains and warned about risks related to U.S. AI chip usage in China instead of enforcing the rescinded rule.
- Commerce Secretary Jeffery Kessler stated the Trump administration will replace the rescinded rule with a strategy to work with trusted countries and keep AI technology away from adversaries.
- The rescission reflects a shift toward negotiated export controls that aim to avoid burdens on innovation while maintaining national security safeguards against adversaries like China and Russia.
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US Reverses AI Chip Export Rule
US Reverses AI Chip Export Rule The US Department of Commerce has withdrawn a rule, initially set to take effect this Thursday, that would have limited the export of artificial intelligence chips to certain international markets unless approved by the federal government.The intent behind the rule, conceived during the Biden administration, was to navigate the delicate balance between safeguarding national security and supporting economic interes…

Trump administration rescinds curbs on AI chip exports to foreign markets
After a week of promises to alter the policy, the U.S. Department of Commerce has rescinded a Biden-era rule due to take effect on May 15 that placed limits on the number of artificial intelligence chips that could be exported to certain international markets without federal approval.
US reverses Biden-era export controls on advanced AI chips
WASHINGTON, United States — The United States rescinded further export controls Tuesday on advanced computing semiconductors, answering calls by countries that said they were being shut out from crucial technology needed to develop artificial intelligence. The so-called “AI diffusion rule,” set to take effect on May 15, was part of a series of actions taken by then-President Joe Biden just before leaving office in January that sought to make it …
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