GOP senators ask Trump admin to withdraw rule that would limit global access to AI chips

By Karen Freifeld

(Reuters) -Seven Republican senators sent a missive to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick connected Friday, urging the medication to retreat a last-minute Biden medication regularisation that would power planetary entree to AI chips, informing the restrictions would harm U.S. enactment successful artificial intelligence, according to a transcript of the missive seen by Reuters.

The missive calls for "immediate action" connected the AI Diffusion rule, issued connected Jan. 13 and which takes effect connected May 15.

"Every time this regularisation remains successful place, American companies look mounting uncertainty, stalled investments, and the hazard of losing captious planetary partnerships that cannot beryllium easy regained," according to the letter, which seen by Reuters connected Monday.

"We impulse you to retreat this regularisation and suggest an alternate that is effectual successful preventing Communist China from capturing the satellite marketplace successful starring exertion without compromising American advantages."

The missive says the operation of the rule, which splits countries into 3 tiers, notes that lone 18 nations are successful a grouping with easiest entree to American technology, and lone if they comply with burdensome regulations. They besides enactment that partners and allies similar Israel are excluded from that tier.

The missive was signed by senators Pete Ricketts, Thom Tillis, Markwayne Mullin, Ted Budd, Roger Wicker, Eric Schmitt and Tommy Tuberville.

The U.S. Commerce section did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)