House lawmakers issue bipartisan call for Commerce rule to deny China AI technologies

The bipartisanship leadership of the recently renewed House China select committee sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urging the Biden administration to quickly issue a pending rule to expand export controls that would deny Beijing access to artificial intelligence technologies.

“Powerful AI systems will not only create economic opportunities but lead to new national security capabilities ranging from offensive cyber tools to signals intelligence,” write Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) in their ...