Major cloud providers could get key role in AI chip access outside the US, sources say

The new rules, some of whose details are being reported for the first time, show officials are scrambling in the waning days of the Biden administration to streamline the process for approving AI chip exports while also preventing bad actors from accessing them. The US fears China could harness the power of AI to supercharge its military, unleash powerful cyber attacks or even train a bioweapon.