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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:This worked so well... (Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday January 07 2020, @09:27PM

  by c0lo (156) on Tuesday January 07 2020, @09:27PM (#940754) Journal

  Just try to print an AI program in PERL on a t-shirt.

  Don't underestimated the T-sizes some Americans need and the terseness of PERL. (grin)

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0

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