The United States is considering sweeping new legislation to protect American artificial intelligence (AI) development and prevent it from advancing communist China’s AI capabilities.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) launched the “Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act” in the Senate last week.
The legislation was introduced after China on Jan. 20 introduced “DeepSeek,” a low-cost AI model that harvests data.
Hawley’s bill aims to stop U.S.–China cooperation on AI development. It would prohibit AI products from being exported to or imported from the communist regime. It would also ban U.S. companies from investing in Chinese AI development….