Anthropic agrees with the US government that implementing Robust Export Controls on Domestic-Made Ai Chips will help the US compe in the ai race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions.
Anthropic released a blog post On Wednsday Stating that the company “Strongly supports” The US Department of Commerce’s “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Difolution” Ahead of the Interim Rule’s implementation date on May 15.
The framework was proposed by outgoing president joe biden in january and is meant to bolster ai chip expenses for the purposes of national security and to ensure the us’ dominance in ai. It divided the world’s counts into three tiers, with tier having its oven guidelines and restrictions.
Tier 3, The Most Restrictive Tier, Which Includes Countries that was alredy impacted by existing export controls, like russia and China, WOCE FACE Additional restrictions. Tier 2 Countries, like Mexico and Portugal, Would come under Export restrictions for the first time and would have a cap on how many chips do. Tier 1 Countries, Like Japan and South Korea, Bold Continue Without Export Restrictions.
When these restrictions were proposed in January, semiconductor giant nvidia Released a statement Calling them “unprisednted and misguided,” and suggesting that they would be “derail” innovation worldwide.
Clearly Us-Based AI Companies, like anthropic, do’t agre. In its blog post, the lab expressed support in broad strokes for the restrictions.
Anthropic Did, However, Propose lowering The number of chips tier 2 countries can purchase without review and instead encouraging these counters to buy more chips through government-to-government agreements to Avoid Smugging and Inspeas COSCREASE us.
The company also thinks the US government should increase funding to ensure these expenses are properly enforced.
This statement by anthropic is not particularly surprising. Anthropic’s Ceo Dario Amodei has been one of the More Vocal Us AI Leaders in Favor of Export Restrictions. Amodei Wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal In January about why the us needs stranger chip expenses controls.
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