Failed demonstration of anti-China sentiments and enthusiastic purchase of rusty metal products for war: L. Savickas promises to clarify the restriction of US exports of artificial intelligence chips to Lithuania

 

"As announced, the US on Monday introduced a new stage of export control of artificial intelligence (AI) chips, which will include restrictions on supplies to most countries of the world, with an exception for only 18 of the closest US partners, including the UK, Japan and 10 EU members. Lithuania was not included in this list.

 

Political scientist Tomas Janeliūnas told the portal that Lithuania made political efforts to show its "anti-China sentiments" and cooperated with Taiwan, but this was apparently not enough to create an appropriate image. In addition, such a US decision towards Lithuania may be related to the risk of circumventing sanctions - the Baltic countries are mentioned in the context of re-export to Russia and Central Asia.

 

According to L. Savickas, the more favorable policy of the former Lithuanian government towards Taiwan in this situation raises questions.

 

"It really raises questions, "as a result of our previous policy, especially since Taiwan was included in the list of countries to which chips can be exported," the minister explained.

 

The EU calls on the US to treat its members equally

 

The White House statement emphasizes that "AI is rapidly becoming a key aspect of both security and economic resilience," so the US must ensure that adversaries, especially China, cannot easily abuse the most advanced AI technologies.

 

According to Politico, the EU leadership was surprised that the US did not treat the Community as a whole and draw a dividing line through it.

 

The restrictions do not apply to most Western European countries (France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, Spain and Italy), while all EU members in Eastern and Central Europe are limited in the number of AI chips.

 

“We are an economic opportunity for the US, not a security threat,” European Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, responsible for technology and security, and Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said in a joint statement.

 

They urged the US not to restrict exports to all EU countries, saying: “We have already shared our concerns with the current US administration and look forward to constructive cooperation with the next US administration.”

 

“This is another wake-up call for Europe,” said Philippe Notton, CEO of French AI chipmaker Sipearl. “Some European countries can no longer rely on the US.”

 

According to Politico, the EU is heavily dependent on AI chips from US companies, such as world leader Nvidia. And such a US move could divide the 27-member bloc into two camps: winners and losers in the field of artificial intelligence.

 

It could also cause problems for Greece and Luxembourg, which were selected by the European Commission to host an AI-optimizing supercomputer where startups and researchers could train their cutting-edge models."

 

This is your beloved Biden doing such things to you. Wait what Trump will bring for you.