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US Export Controls on “AI Diffusion” Officially Paused, but New Guidance Elevates Risk for AI-Related Exports

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On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce formally signaled its intention to rescind the Biden Administration’s Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (AI Diffusion Rule) two days before the January 2025 Interim...more

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BIS Issues Long-Awaited Export Controls on AI

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On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released its export control titled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” This new interim final rule creates a two-pronged...more

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BIS Issues Export Control Compliance Requirements for Semiconductor Fabricators

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On January 15, 2025, BIS issued an interim final rule controls targeting integrated circuits (“ICs”) fabricators. BIS is concerned that some IC designers have misrepresented the performance capabilities and intended end use...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

BIS Issues Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion as Biden Exits

On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that expands controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs or chips) and model weights...more

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Department of Commerce Issues Export Controls on Advanced Computing Chips and Artificial Intelligence Models

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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security released on January 13, 2025, an interim final rule to implement an export control framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion to protect U.S. national security...more

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Commerce Department Unveils New Rules on Responsible Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence Technology

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During its last week before the inauguration, the Biden Administration issued significant and complex new export controls on semiconductors and related technology for artificial intelligence (AI) applications worldwide. These...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Interim Final Rule Implementing Its Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion

On January 13, 2025, BIS issued an interim rule amending the EAR to, among other things, impose a new control on certain advanced AI model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models, and revise controls on...more

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The Parting Blow – Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Export Controls on AI Models and Advanced Chips

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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) introduced its long-anticipated (some would say dreaded) Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (the AI Diffusion Rule) on January 15. Highlights...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - September/October 2024

Welcome to the Akin Intelligence September-October recap. Around the one-year anniversary of the AI Executive Order, the White House announced that agencies had carried out their directives. Members of Congress introduced a...more

Blank Rome LLP

BIS Issues Significant New Round of Semiconductor Export Controls: Six Notable Changes

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The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently issued significant new export controls under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) aimed at further restricting semiconductor...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Future of Plurilateral Agreements: Compliance Considerations

The evolution of critical and emerging technologies continues to affect how the United States and its international allies and partners uniformly protect against national security threats. For industry, the strengthening of...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

Correcting and Clarifying Export Controls Issued on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items

On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (“2024 IFR”) clarifying and correcting its October 2023 interim final rules on advanced...more

Wiley Rein LLP

BIS Strengthens Export Controls Targeting China’s Acquisition of Semiconductor Equipment, Advanced Computing Items, and...

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For the second year running, and in what may prove to be a regular process, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has significantly expanded export controls on specific semiconductor and...more

Akerman LLP

Updated Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Export Controls Take Effect

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On October 17, 2023, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released two interim final rules (“IFRs”) that amended the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to significantly expand export...more

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US Government Revises Comprehensive Export Controls on Semiconductors and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

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On 17 October 2023, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two new Interim Final Rules (collectively, the Updated Rule) that significantly revise and expand controls under the US Export...more

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US intensifies export control restrictions on semiconductor and supercomputing activities

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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued two interim final rules to expand on the 7 October 2022 restrictions aimed at denying access to certain advanced semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Restricts U.S. Exports of Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, Software, and...

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On October 7, 2022, the Biden Administration announced new restrictions on exports to China of advanced integrated circuits (“ICs”), computers and components containing advanced ICs, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and...more

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New US Export Controls Target China’s Semiconductor and Supercomputer Sectors

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"As I told Congress in July, my north star at BIS is to ensure that we are appropriately doing everything in our power to protect our national security and prevent sensitive technologies with military applications from being...more

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Sweeping New US Export Controls Target China’s Semiconductor Industry

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​​​​​​​In an interim final rule published on October 13, 2022, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced sweeping amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that impose new...more

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Commerce Department Rolls Out Measures to Strengthen Export Controls on China

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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule on Oct. 7, 2022, placing unilateral export controls on certain advanced computing items and semiconductor manufacturing...more

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BIS Adopts New Export Controls Aimed at Impeding China’s Ability to Acquire Advanced Computing Capabilities

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On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published an interim final rule that significantly expanded export controls designed to thwart China’s efforts to acquire...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Commerce Department’s New Export-Related Restrictions Inhibit Semiconductor Design by and Manufacturing for Huawei

In response to the announcement on Friday by the U.S. Department of Commerce of new export-related restrictions targeting Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and several of its non-U.S. affiliates (collectively, Huawei), Sen. Ben...more

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