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Chip and compute export policy should be a published, tiered, allied-coordinated framework, separate from AI-02's dedicated safety-review process.
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What is failing, what we would change, and the conclusion we are willing to defend.
The compute supply chain provides the durable leverage in the "AI race." The party's position is procedural: which specific chokepoints deserve export control (advanced AI-training chips), how licensing decisions get made (a predictable, published process), and how to stop the current pattern of policy reversing wholesale with every administration.
That's not a hypothetical risk. In June 2026, Commerce used export-control authority, the kind written for hardware crossing a border, to cut off Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals anywhere in the world, including Anthropic's own employees outside the US. The suspension was lifted by July 1, but a reversal isn't a rule against it happening again. Nothing currently stops the next administration from reaching for the same authority over model behavior through an authority designed for hardware controls.
A tiered chip export-control framework based on capability thresholds (training-cluster scale, compute-per-dollar), reviewed on a fixed cadence. This framework replaces blanket bans, blanket exemptions, and ad hoc country-by-country deals.
Codified end-use/"known customer" verification requirements for advanced compute sales, so labs and cloud providers have a clear compliance target through published rules.
A firm line between export/trade authority and AI-safety authority (see AI-02): a company's own model shouldn't be suspended through open-ended export law when the concern is model behavior. Export law should remain tied to hardware crossing borders.
Allied coordination (with the EU, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Netherlands, the chokepoints in the chip supply chain) over unilateral action that mostly just reroutes trade around US suppliers.
A mandatory sunset/review clause on specific export rules, given how fast both the technology and the diplomatic relationship move.
Chip and compute export policy should be a published, tiered, allied-coordinated framework, separate from AI-02's dedicated safety-review process.
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