SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025’’.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON IMPORT AND EXPORT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

(a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the importation into the United States of artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence technology or intellectual property developed or produced in the People’s Republic of China is prohibited.

Currently, China has the best open source models in text, video and music generation.

  • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    8 hours ago

    Had to lookup the penalties since this document just pointed somewhere else:

    (a) In General.–Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended to read as follows:

    SEC. 206. PENALTIES.

    • (a) Unlawful Acts.–It shall be unlawful for a person to violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of any license, order, regulation, or prohibition issued under this title.
    • (b) Civil Penalty.–A civil penalty may be imposed on any person who commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) in an amount not to exceed the greater of–
      • (1) $250,000; or
      • (2) an amount that is twice the amount of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with respect to which the penalty is imposed.
    • © Criminal Penalty.–A person who willfully commits, willfully attempts to commit, or willfully conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of, an unlawful act described in subsection (a) shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.‘’.

    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-110publ96/html/PLAW-110publ96.htm