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TO WIN THE AI RACE, THE BIDEN AI DIFFUSION RULE MUST GO
The Trump administration has announced its intention to repeal the Biden administration’s AI Diffusion Rule. As the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) confirmed in a statement yesterday:
“The Biden AI rule is overly complex, overly bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation. We will be replacing it with a much simpler rule that unleashes American innovation and ensures American AI dominance.”
This is an excellent decision by Secretary of Commerce
@howardlutnick
and Under Secretary of BIS Jeff Kessler.
There were several major problems with the Biden Diffusion Rule:
1. Overreach of Export Control Authority
First, the rule marked an unprecedented—and arguably unlawful—expansion of export control authority. Under the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) of 2018, the President is empowered to restrict exports of dual-use technologies that have both civilian and military applications. That authority has been used to restrict the sale of advanced semiconductors to China, a policy with broad bipartisan support.
But the Diffusion Rule went significantly further. It required nearly all global sales of high-end GPUs—even to trusted allies—to obtain export licenses or fit into a narrow set of license exemptions. This forced much of the global data center and AI infrastructure industry to seek approval from Washington, creating a bottleneck that chilled legitimate, non-sensitive commerce.
2. Bureaucratic Allocation of Compute
The rule imposed detailed numerical caps on how many chips and how much computing power foreign entities could acquire and operate. This was a radical departure from market-based allocation principles, placing the U.S. government in the position of rationing compute power globally. It effectively turned Washington into a central planner for the global AI industry.
3. Alienation of U.S. Allies
The rule also strained relationships with key allies by arbitrarily dividing countries into compliance “tiers,” labeling many friendly nations as second-class partners. This kind of regulatory hierarchy undermines trust and risks pushing allies toward non-American technology alternatives.
4. Lack of Due Process
The Diffusion Rule was issued just five days before the end of the Biden administration without a meaningful public comment or review period. Given its sweeping scope, its retroactive elements, and the global compliance burden it imposed, this rollout was deeply flawed from both a procedural and practical standpoint.
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In his first week in office, President Trump directed us to win the AI race. The Biden Diffusion Rule undermines that goal. It bogs American tech companies down in red tape, while slowing the global adoption of U.S. technologies at a time when we should be encouraging the world to build on our tech stack.
As
@VP
J.D. Vance emphasized in his Paris Speech on AI, the United States should be the gold standard and partner of choice for our allies and strategic partners. If we make it too hard for them to work with us, we risk pushing them into China’s orbit.
China has already launched a Digital Silk Road as part of its broader Belt and Road Initiative. If we don’t offer a compelling alternative, we leave the field open.
Yes, we must take aggressive steps to prevent advanced semiconductors from being illegally diverted into China. But that goal should not preclude legitimate sales to the rest of the world as long as partners comply with reasonable security conditions.
Today, American chips remain superior to China’s—but that lead is narrowing. If U.S. companies are hamstrung by excessive regulation, and foreign customers are blocked from buying our technology, we risk ceding global markets and influence to Chinese competitors.
Right now, we have the opportunity to entrench the American tech stack worldwide while we still have a commanding lead. Let’s seize it.
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要想赢得人工智能竞赛,拜登的人工智能扩散规则必须废除
特朗普政府已宣布打算废除拜登政府的《人工智能扩散规则》。正如美国商务部工业和安全局 (BIS) 昨日在一份声明中确认的那样:
拜登的人工智能规则过于复杂,官僚主义严重,会阻碍美国的创新。我们将用一项更简单的规则取而代之,以释放美国的创新潜力,并确保美国在人工智能领域的主导地位。
这是商务部长
@howardlutnick
兼商务部工业和安全局副部长杰夫·凯斯勒做出的一项出色决定。
拜登扩散规则存在几个主要问题:
1. 出口管制权限的过度扩张
首先,该规则标志着出口管制权力的空前扩张,甚至可以说是非法扩张。根据2018年《出口管制改革法案》(ECRA),总统有权限制民用和军用两用技术的出口。这项权力已被用于限制向中国出售先进半导体,这一政策得到了两党的广泛支持。
但《扩散规则》则更进一步。它要求几乎所有高端GPU的全球销售——即使是对可信赖的盟友——都必须获得出口许可证,或符合一系列有限的许可豁免条件。这迫使全球大部分数据中心和人工智能基础设施行业寻求华盛顿的批准,从而造成了瓶颈,阻碍了合法、非敏感的商业活动。
2. 计算资源的官僚分配
该规则对外国实体可以获取和运营的芯片数量和计算能力设定了详细的数字上限。这彻底背离了市场化的分配原则,使美国政府处于在全球范围内分配计算能力的境地。这实际上使华盛顿成为了全球人工智能产业的中央计划者。
3.疏远美国盟友
该规则还武断地将各国划分为合规“等级”,将许多友好国家贴上了二等合作伙伴的标签,导致美国与关键盟友的关系紧张。这种监管等级制度破坏了信任,并有可能迫使盟友转向非美国技术替代品。
4. 缺乏正当程序
《扩散规则》是在拜登政府任期结束前五天发布的,没有经过任何实质性的公众意见征询或审查期。鉴于其范围之广、追溯力之强以及由此带来的全球合规负担,这项规则的推出无论从程序上还是实践上都存在严重缺陷。
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特朗普总统上任第一周就指示我们赢得人工智能竞赛。拜登的“扩散规则”破坏了这一目标。它让美国科技公司深陷繁文缛节,同时减缓了美国技术的全球应用,而我们本应鼓励世界在我们的技术栈上进行构建。
正如
@VP
JD Vance在其巴黎人工智能演讲中所强调的那样,美国应该成为我们盟友和战略伙伴的黄金标准和首选合作伙伴。如果我们让他们难以与我们合作,我们就有可能将他们推向中国的轨道。
中国已启动“数字丝绸之路”,作为其“一带一路”倡议的一部分。如果我们不能提供令人信服的替代方案,我们将为此敞开大门。
是的,我们必须采取积极措施,防止先进半导体被非法转运到中国。但只要合作伙伴遵守合理的安全条件,这一目标不应妨碍向世界其他地区合法销售。
如今,美国芯片仍然优于中国,但领先优势正在缩小。如果美国企业受到过度监管的束缚,外国客户无法购买我们的技术,我们就有可能将全球市场和影响力拱手让给中国竞争对手。
现在,我们有机会巩固美国科技体系的全球地位,同时我们仍然保持着绝对的领先优势。让我们抓住这个机会。
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