Hawley aims to prevent artificial intelligence exports to China
US senator Josh Hawley presented a new bill to ban the import and export of artificial intelligence technologies from China.
The bill aims to prevent the transfer of US artificial intelligence technology to China due to national security concerns.
The draft called “Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capilities from China Act) does not directly mention the Chinese artificial intelligence company Deepseek, but to protect the intellectual property rights of the United States and to protect the technologies to China It aims to prevent it from being transported.
The bill says Deepseek is a artificial intelligence -supported chat boat similar to OpenAI’s chatgpt. If the bill is enacted, Americans and the US companies cannot download and use Deepseek.
In the bill, heavy penalties are envisaged in case of violation of law. While individuals can be fined up to $ 1 million, companies will receive a fine of up to $ 100 million. In addition, those who violate the law will have to lose the license, contract or public interest awards given by any federal agency.
In addition, the imprisonment of up to 20 years for violations is also included in the bill. While explaining the purpose of the bill, Hawley said every dollar and data gigabyte to China will be used against the US and therefore should be prevented from being strengthened.
Hawley, “America, the biggest opponent can not bear to strengthen,” he said, to ensure the American economic superiority of China, the importance of separating the importance of separating American creativity.
If the bill is enacted, Americans and US companies will be banned from importing and exporting artificial intelligence technology with China. In addition, US companies will be prevented from conducting artificial intelligence research in China or working in cooperation with Chinese companies.
The rise of Deepseek also raised the global data confidentiality concerns. Italy banned Deepseek and said that data protection measures are insufficient. Other countries have taken similar steps and demanded more detailed data applications from Deepseek developers.
Although the aim of the bill is to protect the interests of the US, not every expert accepts this approach. Ben Brooks from the Harvard Artificial Intelligence Research Center said that the bill will “kill” open source software and this would negatively affect US research.
Brooks argued that the bill would separate the world from the United States and prevent global cooperation. Brooks, who served as the former Head of Stability AI’s former Public Policies, said the bill believes that the West will slow down the development of artificial intelligence.
Andy Ayrey, the creator of the Truth Terminal AI chat boat, presented a similar opinion. Ayrey said that the bill would “prevent the West from progress” and instead of sharing open -source models and data sets would be more useful.
Ayrey said that such an approach will naturally integrate into international artificial intelligence models. The implementation of the bill may affect the US efforts to maintain its leadership on technology, while reshaping its cooperation with other countries.