Commerce Prepares For An AI Warfare Future With Quarterly Reports Of AI Modeling And Computer Cluster Plans

On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would require quarterly reporting by organizations, companies, and corporations organized in the U.S. (including branches outside the U.S.) if they plan to either engage in artificial intelligence (AI) model training or acquire, develop, or otherwise possess a high-performance computing cluster for AI training (the Proposed Rule). The quarterly reports would give the U.S. government advance notice of activities that it may want to restrict from export, reexport, or transfer to the People's Republic of China (China), as well as insights into safety and other concerns relating to the use of AI in and for modern warfare.