Nvidia Rejects Admin Biden’s AI Order

Tech giant Nvidia is rejecting a new executive order from the Biden administration that it seeks to prevent artificial intelligence (AI) technologies developed in the United States to fall into the hands of adversary countries.

U White House announced the new AI rule on Monday, which seeks to encourage the “diffusion” of US-made AI technologies to allied countries, while also putting in place restrictions on the sale of advanced chips to foreign countries that can be a national security risk.

“This policy will help build a trusted technology ecosystem around the world and allow us to protect against the national security risks associated with AI, while ensuring that controls do not erode US innovation or technological leadership.” ” said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “Managing these very real national security risks requires taking into account the evolution of AI technology, the capabilities of our adversaries, and the desire of our allies to share in the benefits of this technology.”

Ned Finkle, vice president of government affairs at Nvidia, wrote in a post on the company’s website that the action of the Biden administration endangers global progress in AI and said that the “unprecedented and misguided” AI diffusion rule “threatens to derail innovation and economic growth.” in the whole world”.

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President Biden’s administration finalized the new AI rule in his last week in office. (Ron Sachs/Getty Images)

“This excess imposes bureaucratic control over how America’s leading semiconductors, computers, systems and even software are designed and marketed around the world. And in an attempt to rig market outcomes and suffocate competition — the lifeblood of innovation — the new Biden administration rule threatens to erode America’s hard-won technological advantage,” Finkle wrote.

He added that while the rule is “dressed in the form of a “anti-China” measure.these rules would do nothing to enhance US security. The new rules will control technology worldwide, including technology that is already widely available in mainstream gaming PCs and consumer hardware.”

“Although the rule is not applicable for 120 days, it is already subject to the interests of the United States. As the first The Trump administration demonstrated, America wins through innovation, competition and sharing our technologies with the world — not retreating behind a wall of government overreach,” Finkle wrote. our competitive advantage in AI and beyond.”

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Nvidia is one of the main sellers of high-end chips and has faced headwinds from restrictions on sales to countries such as China. (Photo: Loren Elliott/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)

U The Biden administration’s AI diffusion rule creates an exception for exports of advanced AI chips to 18 key US allies and partners that have technology protection regimes and are aligned with America’s national security and foreign policy interests. The exception allows them to carry out large-scale purchases without welding.

Chip orders with a collective computing power of up to about 1,700 advanced GPUs do not require a license and do not count against national chip caps – with the majority of chip orders falling into this category, according to the White House.

The rule provides “Universal Verified End User” status for entities that meet security and trust standards and are headquartered in countries that are close allies of the United States, allowing them to place up to 7% of the its global AI computing capabilities overseas. It also creates a “Nationally Verified End User” designation for entities headquartered anywhere that is not a country of concern to access 320,000 advanced GPUs over two years.

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It also continues to limit advanced AI chips from going to countries of concern, while also allowing access to general purpose applications and restricting the transfer of AI chips to non-trusted actors.