The U.S. government is easing regulations to permit Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to be exported to the Middle East. Nevertheless, he emphasized that a strict review process will likely be carried out resulting from concerns that advanced chips could also be transferred to China.
Reuters reported on the thirtieth (local time) that the U.S. Department of Commerce has relaxed regulations to permit data centers within the Middle East to use for the ‘Validated End User (VEU)’ program, which is subject to comprehensive export licensing.
In keeping with this, some countries within the Middle East had the opportunity of technology being leaked resulting from their relationship with China, and importing cutting-edge AI chips was virtually unattainable, as individual licenses needed to be obtained to export them.
Nevertheless, VEU is a comprehensive export permit qualification, and obtaining it makes it possible to import GPUs without complicated licensing procedures for every product import.
In fact, he also emphasized that he would thoroughly prepare for the danger of technology leaks targeting China. “We’ll work with foreign data centers and host governments that apply for the VEU program to make sure the security and security of the technology,” the Commerce Department said in an announcement.
Due to this fact, data centers applying to this program will likely be rigorously reviewed to be certain that they’ve prepared measures to be certain that U.S. technology isn’t utilized in a way that’s contrary to national security. The screening process includes details about current and potential customers, business activities, access restrictions, and cybersecurity. In other words, it should be proven that the information center isn’t related to a hostile country equivalent to China.
Meanwhile, the U.S. government has recently been expanding its contacts with Middle Eastern countries equivalent to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.
Within the UAE, President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited the White House last week, and state-run company G42 recently expanded its partnership with Microsoft and attracted investment in Open AI.
Prior to this announcement, U.S. media outlet Semapho reported that the U.S. government was considering allowing GPU sales to Saudi Arabia.
Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com
