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Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models. (www.hawley.senate.gov)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 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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[–] skeezix 33 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

What next? Outlaw chinese food?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

We'll call it FREEDOM FOOD. Please, pass the FREEDOM beef chow fun, and the AMERICAN Fortune cookies, and BLUE EAGLE AR-15 green tea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Pretty sure fortune cookies are American anyway? Pretty sure they aren't chinese

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

bald eagle sheds a single tear 🦅 💧

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago

ABSOLUTELY NO COMPETITION ALLOWED.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

It is making gen Z lazy, they start to "lay flat"