US Wants Cloud Firms to Report Foreign Users Building AI
- Raimondo wants disclosure when overseas users tap cloud for AI
- Administration focused on stalling development by rival China
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US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said her department is exploring how to force cloud companies to disclose when a foreigner taps their computing power to fuel artificial intelligence applications, signaling the next phase of the tech war between Washington and Beijing.
“We’re beginning the process of requiring US cloud companies to tell us every time a non-US entity uses their cloud to train a large language model,” Raimondo said at an event Friday, without naming any countries or firms.