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Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models. (www.hawley.senate.gov)
submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by Grimy to c/technology
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025’’.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON IMPORT AND EXPORT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

(a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the importation into the United States of artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence technology or intellectual property developed or produced in the People’s Republic of China is prohibited.

Currently, China has the best open source models in text, video and music generation.

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[–] just_another_person 104 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

These fucking clowns just refuse to learn about how technology works. Fucking morons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

This bill is likely sponsored by Sam Altman himself

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

You don't expect this law to count for the people at the top, do you?

[–] MutilationWave 20 points 7 hours ago

The generation that can't figure out their TV remote is attempting to legislate on cutting edge technology. Fucking series of tubes all over again. It never stopped though really.