Biden's push to protect American tech from China garners mixed reviews from experts

The Biden administration is exploring a way to require U.S. tech companies to report to the government when a foreigner uses their cloud services to power AI advances.

Schweppe's comments come after U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced that her department could soon require U.S. tech companies to disclose every time a non-U.S. entity uses their cloud to train a large language model, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Though Raimondo didn't specifically call out any specific firms or countries, the potential move has largely been viewed as a way for the U.S. to maintain a leg up on China in AI technology, with President Biden saying in October that such disclosures could help detect if foreign actors plan to use AI to launch "malicious cyber-enabled activity."