{"id":14427,"date":"2024-02-15T16:06:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1403912"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:06:32","slug":"ai-chip-tags-can-fight-espionage-from-hostile-states-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=14427","title":{"rendered":"AI chip tags can fight espionage from hostile states, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tags on chips and a global registry of their locations can reduce the risks of AI<\/a> espionage by hostile nations and criminal gangs, experts say.<\/p>\n

The proposals were made in a new report on AI safety, which calls for a greater focus on the regulation of hardware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three Cambridge University institutes co-led the study paper, alongside OpenAI and the GovAI research community. They fear that governments are overlooking the dangers of compute, which could trigger disasters.<\/p>\n

Without stronger protections, they warn that AI could turbocharge mass surveillance, large-scale influence operations, international instability, and even human extinction.<\/p>\n

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Governments are well aware of these dangers, but their safeguards largely concentrate on software. The Cambridge team advocates a change of priorities.<\/p>\n

Haydn Belfield, a co-lead author of the report, noted that <\/span>data<\/a> and algorithms \u201care intangible and difficult to control.\u201d <\/span>Hardware, by contrast, is detectable, excludable, and quantifiable. It\u2019s also produced via an extremely concentrated supply chain. <\/span><\/p>\n

These characteristics make compute a good lever for regulation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cComputing hardware is visible, quantifiable, and its physical nature means restrictions can be imposed in a way that might soon be nearly impossible with more virtual elements of AI,\u201d Belfield said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

New guardrails for AI chips<\/h2>\n

Governments have attempted to curb the AI power of rival states by imposing export controls<\/a> on semiconductors.<\/p>\n

These measures have received a mixed response<\/a>. Supporters say they\u2019re effective in the short-term, but critics argue that they cause economic harm and ultimately accelerate the progress made by opponents.<\/p>\n

The report present several alternative restrictions. One is adding a unique identifier to each chip, which would mitigate espionage and chip smuggling. <\/span><\/p>\n

To reinforce these tags, an international<\/span> registry could track the flow of chips destined for AI supercomputers.<\/p>\n

All chip producers and sellers would be required to report every transfer and provide precise data on the compute controlled by each state and corporation<\/span>. Regular<\/span> audits would ensure that the records remain accurate.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernments already track many economic transactions, so it makes sense to increase monitoring of a commodity as rare and powerful as an advanced AI chip,\u201d Belfield said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside the tags and registry, the report suggests \u201ccompute caps\u201d to restrict AI chips and a \u201csmart switch\u201d to terminate dangerous use.<\/span><\/p>\n

These proposals arrive amid a boom in the chip market. In the last few days alone, Nvidia surpassed Amazon<\/a> in market capitalisation, while shares in semiconductor designer Arm soared by over 50%<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Any radical safety measures may, therefore, have a harder time gaining support from companies than governments.<\/p>\n

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