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Does it actually make it a crime to download DeepSeek? Does downloading and using a model qualify as r&d on behalf of it's creator? Because that's what this b
by kylecazar 2y ago
Does it actually make it a crime to download DeepSeek?
Does downloading and using a model qualify as r&d on behalf of it's creator?
Because that's what this bill seems to be banning.
- emeraldd 2y agoThe actual text of the bill, referenced elsewhere, refers to import or export, which would theoretically make it illegal to download.
- mianos 2y agoBan on AI Technology Trade U.S. individuals and companies cannot import AI technology or intellectual property from China.
- UncleOxidant 2y agoThe relevant text from the bill: PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the importation into the United States of artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence technology or intellectual property developed or produced in the People’s Republic of China is prohibited
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoBut if you download a model locally, it doesn't spy for CCP. Only if you use an app and send your query to be executed in China. Lawmakers seem to not understand such simple matters.
- UncleOxidant 2y ago> Lawmakers seem to not understand such simple matters. That's an understatement. There's only one person in congress that I trust to even kind of understand these issues and that's Senator Ron Wyden.
- kylecazar 2y agoThanks. I had skipped to the Unlawful Acts section. Banning IP would also presumably render American companies unable to incorporate any advances that come from Chinese AI.