Hacker News with Generative AI: Export Controls

Anthropic's CEO says DeepSeek shows US export rules are working (techcrunch.com)
In an essay on Wednesday, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, weighed in on the debate over whether Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s success implies that U.S. export controls on AI chips aren’t working.
Artificial Intelligence, Export Controls, China
42 points by pseudolus 63 days ago | 23 comments
On DeepSeek and export controls (darioamodei.com)
A few weeks ago I made the case for stronger US export controls on chips to China. Since then DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, has managed to — at least in some respects — come close to the performance of US frontier AI models at lower cost.
Artificial Intelligence, China, Technology, Export Controls
150 points by jrmyphlmn 63 days ago | 173 comments
Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (federalregister.gov)
With this interim final rule, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations' (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and adds a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models.
Artificial Intelligence, Government Regulations, Technology, Export Controls
154 points by chriskanan 76 days ago | 130 comments
Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools (bloomberg.com)
The Netherlands tightened export control rules to make ASML Holding NV apply for licenses with the Dutch government instead of Washington for some of its tools.
International Relations, Semiconductor Industry, Export Controls, Netherlands, Trade Policy
106 points by ksec 76 days ago | 245 comments