U.S. aims to curb foreign distillation of or training on domestic models

Interesting! Is this an exercise in futility?

How much of a copycat is communist China?

"The Trump administration plans to implement new restrictions to prevent foreign entities, specifically companies in China, from training AI models to mimic the outputs of models built in the United States, a common practice known as knowledge distillation. Chief White House technology advisor Michael Kratsios said the administration intends to work with AI companies to identify efforts to distill U.S.-built models, defend against them, and punish foreign companies that attempt them. Chinese officials responded by calling for cooperation and accusing the U.S. government of seeking to suppress China’s technological development. Banning foreign entities from distilling knowledge from U.S. models would limit open development and potentially complicate international research collaborations." (Datapoints)

"The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race.

In a Thursday memo, Michael Kratsios, the president’s chief science and technology adviser, accused foreign entities “principally based in China” of engaging in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to “distill,” or extract capabilities from, leading AI systems made in the U.S. and “exploiting American expertise and innovation.” ..."

Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies ‘exploiting’ AI models made in US