US restrictions on Poland regarding AI chips. There is a government reaction
Poland is on the list of 17 EU countries subject to restrictions by the United States regarding the export of advanced AI computer chips. Joe Biden announced this decision just a few days before the end of his term.
Jake Sullivan, national security advisor, pointed out that this decision is intended to strengthen the US position in the race – the most modern aspects of AI will be developed in the US and its closest allies thanks to restrictions. The Polish government asked the US administration for explanations.
Strengthening the position or weakening it? Nvidia Statement
There was a statement from the American company Nvidia, a world leader in computing technologies. The company indicated a different approach to introducing this type of restrictions.
– In its final days in office, the Biden administration is seeking to undermine America’s key position through a more than 200-page regulatory bill developed in secret and without proper legislative review. This sweeping project would impose bureaucratic control over how leading American semiconductors, computers, systems and even software are designed and sold around the world. And by attempting to stiffen market outcomes and stifle competition – the lifeblood of innovation – the Biden administration’s new rule threatens to squander America’s hard-won technological advantage. statements.
The Polish government responds to US restrictions. “Taking decisive action”
The Polish government commented on the matter. The following spoke: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitization, Krzysztof Gawkowski.
– The decision of the United States administration regarding the rules for the export of GPU microprocessors is incomprehensible to me and is not based on any substantive reasons. I have asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs to take decisive and urgent action in this matter – he said on the X platform.
The situation was also commented on by the Deputy Minister of Digitization, Dariusz Standerski.
– While this and next year the so-called the limit set by the American administration will not stop artificial intelligence in Poland in the long term This is a problem of arbitrariness of decisions made by the American administration in isolation from all trade rules – quotes the PAP expert.
Gawkowski noted that representatives of the Ministry of Digitization had already talked to the European Commission and that the Deputy Prime Minister personally asked Henna Virkkunen to take specific actions.
Dispute with the US over chips. Position of the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The European Commission expressed concern about the measures adopted by the US authorities restricting access of selected EU Member States and their companies to US artificial intelligence chips. A joint statement on this matter was issued by the Vice-President of the European Commission, Henna Virkkunen, and Commissioner Marosz Głosmowicz.
– We believe that it is also in the interest of the US economy and security for the EU to purchase advanced artificial intelligence systems from the US without restrictions: we cooperate closely, especially in the field of security, and we constitute an economic opportunity for the US, not a security threat – says PAP.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paweł Wroński, told PAP that even before the request of the Ministry of Digitization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had started actions to clarify the situation. The American side agreed to conduct further consultations with the Polish side at the technical and political level, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed.
– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington remain in constant contact with the Ministry of Digitization and the American authorities and will take further actions aimed at resolving existing discrepancies in this matter – reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Source: geekweek.interia.pl
