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Trump administration officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion rules


After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce formally rescinded Biden-era AI export controls that were set to go into effect on May 15.

After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) formally rescinded the Biden administration’s Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule days before it was set to go into effect. The DOC plans to issue a replacement rule in the future, likely focusing on direct negotiations with countries as opposed to blanket restrictions, according to reporting from Bloomberg. “At the same time, we reject the Biden Administration’s attempt to impose its own ill-conceived and counterproductive AI policies on the American people.”

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