US imposes export controls on biotech equipment over AI security concerns

FILE - A worker performs a quality check at Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing on Sept. 24, 2020. The United States on Jan. 15, 2025, announced new export controls on some biotechnology equipment, saying China could put it to military use.

On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it would implement new export controls on certain biotechnology equipment, citing national security concerns relating to artificial intelligence and data science.