Poland was located in the 2 Tier for US AI chip sales. The motives of the decision to restrict chip sales state that the US will supply them with no restrictions only to its “key allies and partners” to stop those who “seek to undermine U.S. AI leadership”.
“Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming central to both security and economic strength. The United States must act decisively to lead this transition by ensuring that U.S. technology undergirds global AI use and that adversaries cannot easily abuse advanced AI. In the wrong hands, powerful AI systems have the potential to exacerbate significant national security risks, including by enabling the development of weapons of mass destruction, supporting powerful offensive cyber operations, and aiding human rights abuses, such as mass surveillance. Today, countries of concern actively employ AI – including U.S.-made AI – in this way, and seek to undermine U.S. AI leadership,” says the White House Fact Sheet informing about the new US economic policy towards other countries.
The White House informed that no-restriction sales will be open for 18 “key allies and partners” with “robust technology protection regimes and technology ecosystems aligned with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States to benefit from seamless large-scale purchases”.
The White House said that entities that meet high security and trust standards and are headquartered in close allies and partners will be able to obtain highly trusted “Universal Verified End User” (UVEU) status.
Entities that meet the same security requirements and are headquartered in any destination that is not a country of concern can apply for “National Verified End User” status, enabling them to purchase computational power equivalent to up to 320,000 advanced GPUs over the next two years.
Countries such as Poland for now will only be treated as “non-VEU entities located outside of close allies” and will be able to “purchase large amounts of computational power, up to the equivalent of 50,000 advanced GPUs per country.”
That limit may be raised to 100,000, but according to Dr Piotr Sankowski who is a recognised expert in AI development, that restricted number practically disqualifies Poland from the race to create the super-intelligence (the term refers to AI that will surpass human intelligence in almost every field).
Western European countries, i.e. the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, the Benelux countries, Italy, Spain and the Scandinavian countries, will not be subject to import restrictions.
A joint statement on the matter was issued by European Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Commissioner Marosz Szefczovicz.
“We believe that it is also in the interest of the US economy and security that the EU buys advanced artificial intelligence chips from the US without restrictions: we cooperate closely, in particular in the field of security, and we represent an economic opportunity for the US, not a security threat.”
You clan click here to read the full statement of the White House.
Source: White House, Bankier.pl
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Tomasz Modrzejewski
