CTA fears “unilateral” export controls over emerging technologies “can seriously undercut U.S. technological leadership,” it told the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security Thursday in docket BIS-2018-0024. CTA’s comments put it squarely in agreement with other tech groups that told BIS that overly strict export controls on new technology like artificial intelligence could harm tech innovation and bolster bad actors like China (see 1901100032). If the American tech industry is “locked out,” whether by “law or perception,” from pursuing “high growth markets” for “cutting-edge technologies,” U.S. companies “will lose the jobs and research investments that grow from our ability to compete for business in these fields,” said CTA. BIS should stick to the “principles” based in the 2018 Export Control Reform Act “as it considers whether or which technologies to propose for control,” it said. In deciding which emerging technologies should be targeted for controls, identify only those “not now controlled and that are essential to the national security” of the U.S., it said. It said any proposed controls should “be limited to addressing national security concerns, not trade policy issues.” CTA also urged the Trump administration to “give great weight to industry statements regarding how a proposed unilateral control would help or harm their U.S. business.” Don't "propose or impose new emerging technology controls unless it has fully considered the impact such controls would have on the U.S. economy,” CTA urged BIS. The Computer & Communications Industry Association suggested patented and patent-pending technology be excluded from export administration regulations. “A poorly executed export control regime can hinder innovation” and next-generation tech, CCIA said.
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., wrote FCC Chairman Ajit Pai seeking an emergency Monday briefing for committee staff on why the commission hasn't ended top wireless carriers' unauthorized location data disclosures (see 1901100046). The briefing “cannot wait” until the end of the partial government shutdown (see 1901100020), which has put most FCC activities on hiatus, because it's “in the interest of public safety and national security,” Pallone said. The agency “once again appears to have dragged its feet in protecting consumers,” he said. “While some carriers have now recommitted to stopping such unauthorized disclosure, the public can no longer rely on their voluntary promises to protect this extremely sensitive information.” The FCC “must take immediate action to ensure no wireless carrier is allowing the rampant disclosure of real-time location data and take enforcement action against carriers that violated the Commission’s rules and the trust of their customers,” Pallone said. Verizon is joining AT&T in ending location aggregation agreements, a practice criticized over claims carriers sold customers' real-time location that bounty hunters accessed, a spokesperson said Friday. Verizon noted it wasn’t among companies -- AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile -- included in the Motherboard report. Verizon and the other three major carriers agreed to end such arrangements in the summer in response to a report on data brokers enabling misuse of customer data. “We have followed through on our commitment to terminate aggregation arrangements and provide location information only with the express consent of our customers,” Verizon said. The company ended deals with data broker Zumigo and by March will end agreements with roadside assistance companies, Verizon said. T-Mobile and Sprint didn't comment.
LAS VEGAS -- The partial federal shutdown hung like a dense cloud over CES, with almost all federal officials staying home. Attendees, most of whom are focused on business rather than federal policy, told us they heard few complaints. Lawyers here mostly seemed to focus on business meetings, staying away from the policy discussions with no regulators.
LAS VEGAS -- The partial federal shutdown hung like a dense cloud over CES, with almost all federal officials staying home. Attendees, most of whom are focused on business rather than federal policy, told us they heard few complaints. Lawyers here mostly seemed to focus on business meetings, staying away from the policy discussions with no regulators.
LAS VEGAS -- The partial federal shutdown hung like a dense cloud over CES, with almost all federal officials staying home. Attendees, most of whom are focused on business rather than federal policy, told us they heard few complaints. Lawyers here mostly seemed to focus on business meetings, staying away from the policy discussions with no regulators.
Negotiations between President Donald Trump's administration and Capitol Hill to end the partial government shutdown appeared to be at a standstill Thursday, the shuttering's 20th day, over the continued disagreement over funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Midnight Friday would make it a record-length shuttering. Trump told reporters he will “almost definitely” declare a national emergency to siphon off Defense Department funds for the border wall if negotiations with the Hill don't progress. Vice President Mike Pence opposed a bid by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and other Republicans to seek a deal with Democrats that would fund the wall in exchange for temporary protections for immigrants. “I have never been more depressed about moving forward than I am right now,” Graham told reporters. “I just don’t see a pathway forward."
Negotiations between President Donald Trump's administration and Capitol Hill to end the partial government shutdown appeared to be at a standstill Thursday, the shuttering's 20th day, over the continued disagreement over funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Midnight Friday would make it a record-length shuttering. Trump told reporters he will “almost definitely” declare a national emergency to siphon off Defense Department funds for the border wall if negotiations with the Hill don't progress. Vice President Mike Pence opposed a bid by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and other Republicans to seek a deal with Democrats that would fund the wall in exchange for temporary protections for immigrants. “I have never been more depressed about moving forward than I am right now,” Graham told reporters. “I just don’t see a pathway forward."
The Commerce Department shouldn’t support overly strict export controls on new technology like artificial intelligence that could harm tech innovation and bolster bad actors like China, industry groups commented. The Bureau of Industry and Security published an advance NPRM in November, seeking comment by Thursday on potentially tighter export controls in docket 2018-25221. The department is exploring technology for conventional weapons, intelligence collection and weapons of mass destruction, including AI and machine learning (ML), microprocessors, advanced computers, data analytics, quantum computing, robotics and advanced surveillance.
The Commerce Department shouldn’t support overly strict export controls on new technology like artificial intelligence that could harm tech innovation and bolster bad actors like China, industry groups commented. The Bureau of Industry and Security published an advance NPRM in November, seeking comment by Thursday on potentially tighter export controls in docket 2018-25221. The department is exploring technology for conventional weapons, intelligence collection and weapons of mass destruction, including AI and machine learning (ML), microprocessors, advanced computers, data analytics, quantum computing, robotics and advanced surveillance.
The Commerce Department shouldn’t support overly strict export controls on new technology like artificial intelligence that could harm tech innovation and bolster bad actors like China, industry groups commented. The Bureau of Industry and Security published an advance NPRM in November, seeking comment by Thursday on potentially tighter export controls in docket 2018-25221. The department is exploring technology for conventional weapons, intelligence collection and weapons of mass destruction, including AI and machine learning (ML), microprocessors, advanced computers, data analytics, quantum computing, robotics and advanced surveillance.