Feds Host AI Rules Webinar Because Nobody Understands Them
Published Date: 1/15/2025
Rule
Summary
The Department of Commerce is rolling out new rules to control the export of advanced computer chips and certain AI model data to protect U.S. security. If you work with AI tech or advanced computing, these changes could affect how and when you share your products internationally. A virtual briefing on January 15, 2025, will explain everything, so register by 9 a.m. that day to join in and learn about new licenses and rules.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Expanded controls on advanced computing chips
On January 10, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) posted a rule that revises Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs). BIS says it is expanding these controls to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, which may change how companies export, reexport, or transfer advanced computing ICs internationally.
New controls on certain AI model weights
The rule adds a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models. This change places export controls on those model weights, affecting how organizations can share or transfer those AI model files across borders.
New license exceptions and updated DCVE authorization
BIS is adding new license exceptions and updating the Data Center Validated End User (DCVE) authorization to facilitate the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of advanced computing ICs to end users in destinations that do not raise national security or foreign policy concerns. These changes are meant to make exports to certain safe destinations easier.
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