The Right Way to Sell Chips to China
Argues US chip export policy should manage the relative compute advantage over China rather than just keeping chips a generation behind, as H200 sales to China proceed.
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Argues US chip export policy should manage the relative compute advantage over China rather than just keeping chips a generation behind, as H200 sales to China proceed.
Assesses whether US semiconductor export controls on China have slowed its chipmaking, AI model development and AI infrastructure market share, finding mixed success, mainly through compute governance.
Argues that international AI agreements need technical assurance technologies so rival nations can verify compliance, reducing the assurance dilemma that drives an AI arms race and risks from frontier AI.
Reports on US bills proposing location verification for export-controlled AI chips to curb smuggling to China, and the policy debate around enforcing chip export controls.