From Chips to AI Models: A new global framework in U.S. export controls

Last week, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion” to impose worldwide export controls on U.S.-origin Advanced Integrated Circuits (AICs) and advanced AI models that meet a newly set threshold.  Crucially, looking to regulate the flow of U.S.-origin AICs and the most powerful AI models, the Framework limits both the physical supply of AICs and infrastructure-as-a-service powered by AICs.  

We answer eight key questions about the Framework.