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US to Restrict Export of AI Technology for Image Analysis

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 07 2020, @07:53PM   
from the first-mover-advantage dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:

I spy, with my little satellite AI, something beginning with 'North American image-analysis code embargo':

The US government has placed software designed to train neural networks to analyse satellite images under new export controls in a bid to prevent foreign adversaries using said code.

The decision, made by Uncle Sam's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), is effective today. Vendors shipping software subject to the controls – in that the applications help machine learning systems annotate satellite images in a particular way – will have to apply for a license to sell their products to customers outside of the US and Canada.

"Items warrant control for export because the items may provide a significant military or intelligence advantage to the United States or because foreign policy reasons justify control," the BIS said.

Hah!

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Original Submission

• Re:Pandora (Score: 3, Interesting) by ikanreed on Tuesday January 07 2020, @08:59PM

  by ikanreed (3164) on Tuesday January 07 2020, @08:59PM (#940741) Journal

  The standard issue genie re-bottler holds 20 5.56×45mm NATO rounds in its magazine.

  But more seriously, do move all your academic code off of US-based GitHub, if you want to still collaborate on it internationally in 5 years.

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