BLADE Act

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Blocks foreign groups from stealing U.S. artificial intelligence secrets.

This bill would make it harder for foreign groups to steal advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology from U.S. companies. It would require the government to identify these groups, put them on a public list, and block their financial transactions in the U.S. This aims to protect American national security and business secrets.

What Would Change

Currently, there are no specific federal rules requiring the government to assess, list, or punish foreign groups that steal U.S.-owned artificial intelligence models. If this bill passes, the Commerce Department would be required to identify these attackers, maintain a public list of them, and set up a way for U.S. companies to share information. The President would also be required to impose financial sanctions on these identified foreign groups, and they would be added to a restricted trade list within about 7 months.

Key Provisions

Blocks the President from allowing financial transactions with foreign groups caught stealing U.S. AI models or helping others do so.
Requires the Commerce Department to add foreign groups that steal U.S. AI models, and their major subsidiaries, to a restricted trade list within about 7 months.
Requires the Commerce Department to study which foreign groups are stealing U.S. AI models or providing fake accounts to help them, within about 6 months.
Creates a public list, called the 'AI Model Extraction Attackers List,' to show which foreign groups have stolen U.S. AI models in the past year.
Establishes a way for U.S. AI companies to privately share information about these attacks with the Commerce Department.

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BLADE Act

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