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House Foreign Affairs hearing: bipartisan alarm over planned H200 chip sales to China, calls for AI Overwatch oversight
Summary
In a Jan. 13 House Foreign Affairs hearing, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and three national-security witnesses warned that licensing NVIDIA H200-class chips to China could boost Beijing’s military and commercial AI capabilities, pressed Commerce/BIS enforcement questions, and urged Congress to pass oversight legislation such as the AI Overwatch Act.
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers pressed witnesses on Jan. 13 over a decision to permit U.S. companies to export advanced AI chips to China, saying the move risks eroding U.S. military and economic advantages and calling for stronger congressional oversight.
“Winning the AI arms race is key to America’s national security and our economic security,” said Chairman Greg Mast in opening remarks, arguing that advanced chips can shift military advantage and that his proposed AI Overwatch Act would give Congress a role in export licensing. He submitted a Bureau of Industry and Security rule released Jan. 13 into the hearing record and asked witnesses to speak to its implications.
Three witnesses — Matt Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser; Oren Cass, founder and chief economist at American Compass; and John Feiner, a former…
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