Six companies back Chips Security Act requiring location-tracking on advanced AI chips to block China access
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Jared Perlo
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A group of six companies specializing in tracking international shipments of sensitive technologies has expressed support for the Chips Security Act (CSA), a Capitol Hill bill that would require America's most advanced AI chips to incorporate stronger security and location-tracking mechanisms to prevent them from reaching China and other adversaries. The companies argue the legislation would increase American chip competitiveness and close loopholes in U.S. export controls, contradicting claims from semiconductor lobbying groups that such requirements would constrain the industry's growth.
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The move clashes with claims from semiconductor lobbying groups that the requirements would constrain America's boom
A group of companies that specialize in tracking international shipments of sensitive technologies is backing a Capitol Hill bill that would require America's most powerful AI chips to incorporate stronger security mechanisms aimed at preventing the chips from reaching China and other adversaries.
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