US restricts Switzerland's access to AI chips

stuffoverflow

Since the article only mentioned 5 countries, the full list of the 18 countries with unlimited access to chips is: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom [0]

[0]: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-15/subtitle-B/chapter-VII...

ChrisArchitect

Some later discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42837489

bhouston

I half expect DeepSeek R1 to get banned in the US and allies countries otherwise allies wont get access to AI chips, etc.

jameslk

1. An open model is free speech, therefore constitutionally protected

2. Politicians don’t follow HN and don’t care about specific models like R1

If you mean Chinese models in general, then maybe if it poses economic harm and doesn’t break rule 1

bhouston

> An open model is free speech, therefore constitutionally protected

I think you fundamentally misunderstand the era we are in.

Birthright citizenship is also constitutionally protected apparently, and this is arguably more central to the USA's historical self-perception but that isn't stopping Trump who believes he is acting in the USA's self-interest by blocking it.

US also has valid, binding trade agreements with Canada and Mexico but that isn't stopping him from saying he will impose >= 20% tariffs or similar within the next week because again Trump believes he is acting in the USA's self-interest.

ulfw

I wouldn't say the new US of A has allies of any kind anymore. At least not in the pre-2025 sense.

jiggawatts

Better article with more detail: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/h...

This is a Biden-era restriction that has nothing specific about Switzerland in it.