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Proposed technology export ban in US could affect Apple
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IANS | 20 Nov, 2018
A ban has been proposed in the US on the selling of emerging
technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), computer vision and
iPhone processor technology, which could majorly affect trade, working
and research of many tech giants, including Apple.
In Apple's
case, such restrictions on AI technology could hypothetically prevent
the company from selling iPhones in specific markets completely, or
force it to produce a version with features cut to comply with licensing
rules, Apple Insider reported on Monday.
According to a
document shared on Twitter by former presidential technology and
national security advisor R. David Edelman, the US Bureau of Industry
and Security has requested for public comments about the idea of
monitoring the sales of certain technologies to other countries.
The
filing is a request for public comment on "criteria for identifying
emerging technologies that are essential to US national security", due
to the potential of being used as conventional weapons, weapons of mass
destruction, terrorist applications, intelligence collection, or "could
provide the United States with a qualitative military or intelligence
advantage", the report added.
The technologies are being tested
for national security impact including deep learning technologies,
computer vision, speech and audio processing, AI cloud technologies, AI
chipsets, and the potential for audio and video manipulation
technologies.
Apple covers a number of products and services
offered to consumers as well as the ones the company is working on which
are based on AI -- for example, the natural language processing and AI
technologies relate to Siri, along with Apple's other machine learning
work, while computer vision would cover Face ID and vision systems used
in Apple's self-driving vehicle-oriented "Project Titan".
Other
general areas raised include navigation, quantum information, sensing
technology, robotics, drones, brain-computer interfaces, advanced
materials, advanced surveillance and microprocessor technology. American
citizens can share their responses on the subject only by December 19
-- giving only a one-month window for responses from the public before
the Bureau starts pressing the matter further.
There has been no comment from Apple expressing concerns or opinions on the matter as yet.
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