US Commerce finalizing AI chip remote-access rule adding Brazil, Norway and others

pstAsiatech · x · 2026-11-12

According to people familiar with the rule, the US Commerce Department is finalizing its long-awaited AI "remote access" rule: alongside Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, newly covered countries include Brazil, Indonesia, Norway and South Africa. The licensing requirements extend to Nvidia Blackwell chips and above, aiming to close loopholes where users remotely tap compute in overseas data centers to evade export controls.

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