The requirements of the UK Act and EU Chat Control draft legislation would be enforceable with client-side scanning on devices which have silicon support for AI

The requirements of the UK Act and EU Chat Control draft legislation would be enforceable with client-side scanning on devices which have silicon support for AI inference. At present, this includes Apple iPhones and Apple Silicon Macs that have an underutilized Bionic Engine. Starting in 2023, AMD 7000-series Ryzen laptop CPUs have silicon for AI inference. Starting in 2024, Intel Meteor Lake laptop CPUs will have silicon for AI inference. Starting in 2024, Qualcomm Oryon Arm Windows laptops will compete with Apple Silicon M3 laptops for price/performance, likely including silicon for AI inference. If the requirements of the act become technically enforceable on most new laptops and flagship phones sold in 2024, then enforcement policy will depend on non-technical considerations, including industry and market response to new vs. old hardware. EU has draft legislation to stop the sale of all operating system and hypervisor binaries which are not officially accredited. If there are only a limited number of operating systems available in the market, then client-side scanning can be made a legal requirement for accredited distribution of commercial binaries. Client silicon for AI inference can use WiFi 7 Sensing radar to measure a biometric signature for humans, e.g. breathing rate, typing motion. Will every country allow tech companies to sample human biometric data via RF? Can human identity be cross-referenced with client-side scanning?