{"id":582,"date":"2025-03-27T19:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4300149"},"modified":"2025-03-27T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:48:43","slug":"chinas-ai-ambitions-curbed-as-us-cracks-down-on-military-linked-tech-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tecnoartesanos.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/chinas-ai-ambitions-curbed-as-us-cracks-down-on-military-linked-tech-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s AI Ambitions Curbed as US Cracks Down on Military-Linked Tech Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (pictured) said that the U.S. \u201cwill not allow adversaries to exploit American technology to bolster their own militaries and threaten American lives.\u201d Image: World Economic Forum\/Flickr\/Creative Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The U.S. has blacklisted approximately 80 foreign entities, citing heightened national security concerns. The majority are Chinese companies suspected of procuring American hardware to aid the development of military technologies.<\/p>\n

<\/span>U.S. targets China\u2019s AI and supercomputing push<\/span><\/h2>\n

Eleven entities based in China and one in Taiwan now face trade restrictions for \u201cengaging in the development of advanced AI, supercomputers, and high-performance AI chips for China-based end-users with close ties to the country\u2019s military-industrial complex,\u201d according to the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Entities named include the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Innovation Wisdom, Henan Dingxin, Nettrix, Suma Technology, Suma-USI Electronics, and six subsidiaries of Inspur Group. All of them are now barred from purchasing U.S. goods without a government-issued license.<\/p>\n

The BIS said that adding the Chinese entities to the Entity List will restrict the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s capability to develop high-performance and exascale computing systems \u2014 machines that can perform complex simulations and analyse massive datasets \u2014 as well as quantum technologies and hypersonic weapons.<\/p>\n

SEE: US Chip Export Rule Proposes Limits to Thwart Chinese GPUs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nettrix and Inspur Group have both been targeted by U.S. restrictions in the past but largely escaped significant operational setbacks. Nettrix was started by former executives of Sugon, a server manufacturer with ties to the Chinese military and government surveillance through the Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

When the U.S. imposed restrictions on Sugon in 2019, the company\u2019s leadership formed Nettrix using Sugon\u2019s technology and customer base, which included Nvidia, Intel, and Microsoft \u2014 effectively allowing the business to continue under a new name, according to The New York Times<\/a>. Henan Dingxin and the two Suma entities have also been linked to Sugon by providing manufacturing support<\/a>.<\/p>\n