Exclusive: Gottheimer and Moolenaar roll out AI cloud security bill

Ashley Gold

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Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) are introducing legislation that would let U.S. cloud companies flag suspected foreign misuse of advanced AI computing to the government, per a copy of the bill seen by Axios.

Why it matters: As the Trump administration works out its AI policy and frontier models rapidly advance, there's bipartisan interest on Capitol Hill in tackling thorny AI security issues.

Driving the news: The Cloud Security Act would give U.S. cloud providers a legal way to notify the Commerce Department when foreign entities appear to be using American cloud computing products to build advanced AI models.

The big picture: Current legislative efforts on the Hill are increasingly focused on targeted AI measures, including combating deepfakes and AI replicas, addressing risks chatbots pose to children, studying AI's impact on the economy and strengthening export controls.

What's inside: The bill aims to close a loophole in chip export controls that allows users to access advanced chips via a U.S. cloud compute provider.

It would amend the Stored Communications Act, which currently prohibits cloud providers from voluntarily disclosing the contents of customer communications to the government.

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Exclusive: Gottheimer and Moolenaar roll out AI cloud security bill

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