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This Mayer Brown legal analysis covers the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed rule requiring companies to report the development of advanced AI models and large compute clusters to the US government. The proposal aims to enhance federal oversight of frontier AI development by mandating transparency about capabilities and infrastructure. It represents a significant regulatory step toward monitoring AI progress at the hardware and model level.
Key Points
- •BIS proposed requiring companies to report when developing advanced AI models exceeding certain compute thresholds, enabling government monitoring of frontier AI.
- •The rule targets both AI model developers and operators of large compute clusters, covering key infrastructure for powerful AI systems.
- •Reporting requirements are framed around national security concerns, reflecting Commerce Department's role in export controls and dual-use technology oversight.
- •The proposal aligns with the Biden Executive Order on AI (Oct 2023), which directed BIS to establish reporting mechanisms for advanced AI development.
- •Legal analysis highlights compliance obligations, scope of covered entities, and potential implications for the AI industry's regulatory landscape.
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US Department of Commerce Issues Proposal to Require Reporting Development of Advanced AI Models and Computer Clusters | Insights | Mayer Brown September 17, 2024 US Department of Commerce Issues Proposal to Require Reporting Development of Advanced AI Models and Computer Clusters
Authors : Adam S. Hickey ,
Stephen Lilley ,
Tamer A. Soliman ,
Aaron Futerman ,
Emily King
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On September 9, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released notice of a proposed rule to create a mandatory reporting requirement for artificial intelligence (AI) developers and computing providers concerning the development, training, and testing of powerful AI models. The rule—titled “Establishment of Reporting Requirements for the Development of Advanced Artificial Intelligence Models and Computing Clusters”—stems from the Biden Administration’s Executive Order 14110 (the “AI EO”).
Background
The AI EO directed Commerce to use its authorities under the Defense Production Act to collect certain information from companies that intend to develop “dual-use foundation models” 1 or to acquire or develop a “large-scale computing cluster.” 2
In January 2024, the White House publicly stated that, as directed by the AI EO, Commerce had already started using its authorities to require companies to report information about the most powerful AI models and large computing clusters, including AI safety testing results. It now appears that referred to Commerce’s use of an initial, mandatory survey referenced by the proposed rule.
Intention and Possible Future Action
The proposed rule would build on those actions by enabling ongoing, established oversight of dual-use foundation models and the computing infrastructure that enables their training. It follows a number of measures over the past few years by BIS to identify and impose controls with respect to the equipment and technology that is critical to frontier AI model training and development. 3 Within that context, the proposed reporting requirements are intended to ensure that BIS, in coordination with other agencies, has enhanced visibility and insights into ongoing developmental, training, testing, and acquisition activity that may warrant imposition of further AI licensing controls.
BIS notes in its discussion of the proposed rule that continuing assessments are necessary for the government to determine whether dual-use foundation models are available to the defense industrial base and to understand the safety and national security risks posed by those models. Therefore, while the proposed rule is limited to reporting obligations, the reports are expected to inform continued regulatory and policy development in this space in a range of possible directions. To this end, BIS refers in the proposed rule to the possibility of action to ensure that the
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