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President Biden’s administration plans to restrict Chinese companies’ access to cloud computing services.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the proposed policy would require cloud computing service providers that use advanced artificial intelligence chips to obtain US government approval before opening access to Chinese consumers.
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Semiconductor chips can be seen on a circuit board of a computer. (Portal/Florence Lo/Illustration / Portal photos)
The restrictions would fill a loophole that has allowed the Chinese Communist Party to leverage cutting-edge artificial intelligence chips via cloud computing services.
By using US cloud computing services, Chinese consumers are able to circumvent export controls on US technology such as chips.
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Employees operate machines at a dust-free workshop of a semiconductor factory in Siyang county, Suqian city, east China’s Jiangsu province, March 1, 2023. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
The Department of Commerce is expected to implement the restrictions over the next few weeks.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Commerce for clarification, but received no immediate response.
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China and the US are currently in a dispute over access to the latest computing technologies such as artificial intelligence.
From August 1, China will introduce export restrictions on gallium- and germanium-based metals and materials. The two minerals are vital in the manufacture of technologies such as semiconductors and solar cells.
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Processors and memory chips are on display at the Advanced Micro Devices Inc. booth at the MWC Shanghai event in Shanghai. (Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
China has also banned domestic firms from doing business with the US’s largest chipmaker, Micron Technology.