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WTF?! Wouldn’t you use the App Store’s top-rated DeepSeek app if it was illegal and could land you in jail for 20 years with a fine of up to $1,000,000? A senator has introduced legislation to restrict Chinese AI products, which would make this bizarre scenario possible.
The Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025 is a proposed legislation by Republican Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri. It aims to prevent those in the US from furthering AI capabilities within the People’s Republic of China and for other purposes.
The law, if passed, would impose fines up to $100,000,000 on US companies that conduct AI research in collaboration with Chinese firms, who invest in Chinese AI firms, collaborate with Chinese organizations regarding the technology, or who import intellectual property developed in China. The companies would also forfeit any licenses, contracts, subcontracts, grants, or public benefits previously awarded by federal agencies. Employees could also be fined as much as $1 million.
This bill also prohibits “transfer of research,” that could affect researchers who publish their work.
The rules would apply to individuals, too, who could face penalties under section 1760 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018. That would mean downloading AI models from China such as DeepSeek could land you a $1 million fine and 20 years in prison. US shareholders in Chinese companies engaged in AI work could also be fined and jailed.
“Every dollar and gig of data that flows into Chinese AI are dollars and data that will ultimately be used against the United States,” Senator Hawley said in a
Statement “America cannot afford to empower our greatest adversary at the expense of our own strength. Ensuring American economic superiority means cutting China off from American ingenuity and halting the subsidization of CCP innovation.”
Wow. Congress has just introduced a bill which would *actually* kill Open-Source. This is the most aggressive legislation on AI, and it was proposed the GOP senator who attacked
@finkd for Llama .This is how it works and why it differs from anything before.
pic.twitter.com/XKIWWY7oYvAlso see: DeepSeek’s AI costs far exceed $5.5 million claim, may have reached $1.6 billion with 50,000 Nvidia GPUs
Following the launch of DeepSeek’s open-source R1 model, which is said to have comparable performance to OpenAI’s o1, Alibaba released its Qwen 2.5-Max model.
See also: DeepSeek AI costs may have exceeded $1.6 billion, with 50,000 Nvidia graphics cards.
After the launch of DeepSeek’s open-source R1 Model, which is claimed to have comparable performance to OpenAI’s o1, Alibaba launched its Qwen 2.55-Max model. The Chinese ecommerce company claims that its product is superior to DeepSeek’s offering.
The bill’s enforcement is unclear, especially since DeepSeek is the most popular app in the US Apple App Store.
The bill was introduced last week and may be defeated even without a vote against it.
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