Biden’s Final Push To Cut Russia Off Advanced Technologies

Three tiers of chip curbs will be introduced.

President Joe Biden’s administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. just days before leaving office. According to the Bloomberg material, this would be a final push in his effort to keep advanced technologies out of the hands of China and Russia.

The author says that the regulations, which could be issued as soon as Friday (January 10), would create three tiers of chip curbs, said the people, who asked not to be identified because “the discussions are private”.

At the top level, a small number of US allies would maintain essentially unmitigated access to American chips. A group of adversaries, meanwhile, would be effectively blocked from importing the semiconductors. And the vast majority of the world would face limits on the total computing power that can go to one country.

Companies headquartered in nations in that last group would be able to bypass their national limits — and get their own, significantly higher caps — by agreeing to a set of US government security requirements and human rights standards, according to the people. That type of designation — called a validated end user, or VEU — aims to create a set of trusted entities that develop and deploy AI in secure environments around the world.

Nvidia objected to the proposal in a statement. “A last-minute rule restricting exports to most of the world would be a major shift in policy that would not reduce the risk of misuse but would threaten economic growth and US leadership,” Nvidia said. “The worldwide interest in accelerated computing for everyday applications is a tremendous opportunity for the US to cultivate, promoting the economy and adding US jobs.”

Earlier, it was reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden will not have time to fully implement the aid funding for Ukraine approved by Congress in the spring of 2024 before the new head of state, Donald Trump, takes office.

Deputy Spokesperson for the US Secretary of Defense Sabrina Singh said: “there will be a few billion dollars in authority left for the incoming administration to decide what they decide to do with that remaining authority.” According to preliminary information, this refers to $3.8 billion for the PDA program, which will remain unused, despite the White House's promises to spend the entire amount by the end of Biden's term.

Singh emphasized that the future of the PDA program will depend on the decisions of the Trump administration.

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