Uncle Sam reportedly considers capping AI chip shipments to Middle East

Amid fears that Middle Eastern nations are being used to funnel AI accelerators and other sensitive technologies to China, the Biden administration is reportedly considering capping shipments of the products to certain countries in the region. That's according to a Bloomberg report citing unnamed sources familiar with the …

[mahan]

Do it and see it work as fabulously as the China chip ban.

[clyde666]

Knuckle dragging economics

How to make friends and influence people.

Not.

[Guy de Loimbard]

The horse has bolted....

Not sure these restrictions are going to have a massive impact.

At best, it will slow the Middle Kingdom down, given their ability and propensity to manufacture similar items en masse!

[Anonymous Coward]

Just like...

... Cutting your crown jewels off to deprive your ex wife of sex.

[druck]

Oracle style audit

These middle eastern companies need to be subjected to an Oracle style audit, and if a single GPU can't be accounted for, the region damn well ain't getting any more.