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Chairman frames chip exports as national-security risk, introduces "AI Overwatch" concept
Summary
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said advanced AI chips are central to U.S. military advantage and described a bill, "AI Overwatch," to limit their use by the Chinese military and expand congressional oversight of sensitive chip exports.
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee opened a hearing by saying "winning the AI arms race is key to America's national security and our economic security," and argued advanced AI and the chips that power it directly affect U.S. military competitiveness with China.
He told the committee that artificial intelligence underpins military command and control, intelligence, surveillance, cyber operations, autonomous weapons and nuclear modernization, and warned that "AI dominance can decide who sees first, who decides first and who strikes first." He said the United States currently has an advantage in chips, cloud infrastructure and AI models but cautioned that…
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