What a sneaky backdoor to getting your location data on your personal computing equipment. And why the big megacorp operating systems are wanting to build in AI which is mostly just trash. And it makes sense along with Microsoft’s AI screen capture feature Recall. Throw in digital ID, and they’ll have a lock on who you are and where you are so they can round you up like in the UK if you’re posting things the government doesn’t like. Holding onto old computers and running Linux is looking like a necessity. And they can keep their AI trash based on trash information. When it’s actually intelligent to vet information and not hallucinate (lie), then they might have something, but not coming anytime soon.
By Reuters
May 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. senator introduced a bill on Friday that would direct the Commerce Department to require location verification mechanisms for export-controlled AI chips, in an effort to curb China’s access to advanced semiconductor technology.
Called the “Chip Security Act,” the bill calls for AI chips under export regulations, and products containing those chips, to be fitted with location-tracking systems to help detect diversion, smuggling or other unauthorized use of the product.
“With these enhanced security measures, we can continue to expand access to U.S. technology without compromising our national security,” Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas said.
The bill also calls for companies exporting the AI chips to report to the Bureau of Industry and Security if their products have been diverted away from their intended location or subject to tampering attempts.
The move comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would rescind and modify a Biden-era rule that curbed the export of sophisticated AI chips with the goal of protecting U.S. leadership in AI and blocking China’s access.
U.S. Representative Bill Foster, a Democrat from Illinois, also plans to introduce a bill on similar lines in the coming weeks, Reuters reported on Monday.
Restricting China’s access to AI technology that could enhance its military capabilities has been a key focus for U.S. lawmakers and reports of widespread smuggling of Nvidia’s (NVDA.O), opens new tab chips into China in violation of export control laws have further amplified the concerns.