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Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models. (www.hawley.senate.gov)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Grimy@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025’’.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON IMPORT AND EXPORT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

(a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the importation into the United States of artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence technology or intellectual property developed or produced in the People’s Republic of China is prohibited.

Currently, China has the best open source models in text, video and music generation.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 152 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (4 children)

These fucking clowns just refuse to learn about how technology works. Fucking morons.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

its probably not about that though.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 22 points 17 hours ago

This bill is likely sponsored by Sam Altman himself

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 32 points 21 hours ago

The generation that can't figure out their TV remote is attempting to legislate on cutting edge technology. Fucking series of tubes all over again. It never stopped though really.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 7 points 17 hours ago

You don't expect this law to count for the people at the top, do you?