Chinese entities including ByteDance are reportedly renting US-based cloud infrastructure containing Nvidia H100 chips to train AI models, bypassing semiconductor export controls that prohibit direct chip sales to China. The Biden administration is preparing to restrict Chinese company access to US cloud computing services, and the CLOUD AI Act (introduced June 2023) remains pending in House committee. This represents a policy enforcement gap between chipset transfer restrictions and compute-as-a-service delivery mechanisms, with material implications for US AI vendor addressable market definition and geopolitical credibility of export controls.
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