US EditionUS House panel to vote on bill to give Congress authority over AI chip exports
The bill mandates a 30-day congressional review of advanced AI chip exports to adversaries to prevent military and surveillance misuse, focusing on China and others, lawmakers said.
- A House panel set a Wednesday vote on a bill giving Congress authority to review AI chip exports, letting the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Banking Committee block shipments during a 30-day review despite pushback from White House AI czar David Sacks.
- Mast says the AI Overwatch Act aims to prevent advanced chips from reaching China, following Trump’s approval of Nvidia H200 shipments last week.
- Last week, Sacks reposted an X post alleging 'Never Trumpers' and former Obama and Biden staffers orchestrated the bill, singling out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who said Tuesday at Davos, `It would be a big mistake to ship these chips`.
- If approved by committee, the bill still must pass both the full House and full Senate and be signed by the president, while Nvidia and the U.S. Department of Commerce did not respond to requests for comment.
- A coordinated media push last week appears to have affected prospects as one source said the act’s odds improved, while social-media critics called it `pro-China sabotage disguised as oversight` and compared it to `It’s a bit like selling nuclear weapons to North Korea.
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Lawmakers Push Bill to Give Congress Oversight of Advanced AI Chip Sales
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, with broad bipartisan support, on Jan. 21 advanced for a full floor vote a bill that would give Congress oversight of foreign advanced AI chip sales. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chair of the committee, doubled down on his AI Overwatch Act after controversy erupted last week following a committee hearing about the AI race between the United States and China. Mast’s bill gives Congress similar oversight of foreig…
House panel advances bill allowing Congress to block advanced chip exports
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow Congress to block advanced AI chip exports to U.S. foreign adversaries, after securing overwhelming bipartisan support. The panel voted 42-2-1 to advance the AI Overwatch Act, a measure that would require the administration to give lawmakers a chance to review chip exports to…
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