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compute_export_controls · AI-governance topic
Compute + Model-Weight Export Controls is restrictions on cross-border flow of frontier AI compute (GPUs, accelerators) and model weights. Distinct from `compute_reporting` (which is disclosure) — this is restriction of access by recipient. US BIS rules (Oct 2023 advanced computing, Jan 2025 outbound investment), EU dual-use Regulation 2021/821 overlay, China retaliatory measures + indigenisation push. Mostly outside traditional AI-governance instruments; carving its own track. Across 29 tracked AI-governance instruments, 0 address this topic explicitly, 4 via general principles, and 25 are silent.
Definition and scope
Restrictions on cross-border flow of frontier AI compute (GPUs, accelerators) and model weights. Distinct from `compute_reporting` (which is disclosure) — this is restriction of access by recipient. US BIS rules (Oct 2023 advanced computing, Jan 2025 outbound investment), EU dual-use Regulation 2021/821 overlay, China retaliatory measures + indigenisation push. Mostly outside traditional AI-governance instruments; carving its own track.
The cross-jurisdiction picture below shows how each of 29 tracked instruments treats this topic. The patterns vary substantially — and 25 regimes are silent, leaving gaps that future policy work could address.
Historical primacy & cross-jurisdiction tension
First addressed by Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI on (implicit). Subsequent regimes have either codified, diverged from, or remained silent on this baseline.
Cross-jurisdiction coverage
At a glance — same legend as the hub matrix
Silent regimes — gap signal
Instruments that do not address Compute + Model-Weight Export Controls — candidates for future policy work.
- EU AI ActEU
- Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AIUS
- UK Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation (White Paper)UK
- Interim Measures for Generative AI Service ManagementCN
- G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of ConductG7
- OECD AI Principles (Recommendation)OECD
- Council of Europe Framework Convention on AIcouncil_of_europe
- UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AIUN
- NIST AI Risk Management FrameworkUS
- Bletchley Declaration on AI Safetyglobal
- Seoul Declaration on Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AIglobal
- NIST AI RMF Generative AI ProfileUS
- California SB-1047: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models ActUS
- India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)IN
- Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023)BR
- ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and EthicsASEAN
- African Union Continental AI StrategyAfrican_Union
- OpenAI Preparedness FrameworkUS
- UK-US AI Safety Institute Memorandum of Understandingglobal
- White House Voluntary AI CommitmentsUS
- Singapore Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AISG
- Japan METI AI Guidelines for BusinessJP
- NYC Local Law 144 of 2021 (Automated Employment Decision Tools)US
- Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205)US
- Illinois HB 3773 / Public Act 103-0804 (AI Employment Discrimination)US
References
- US-EO-14110: §4.2(b) directs export-control coordination via BIS; not the primary venue but the policy hook
- ANTHROPIC-RSP-2024: ASL-3+ tiers include model-weight access controls (recipient-restriction analog)
- DEEPMIND-FSF-2024: FSF mitigations include model-weight access controls + restricted-deployment options
- META-FRONTIER-2024: Framework's release decisions implicitly determine cross-border weight flow
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4 instruments tracked.