Skip To The Main Content Client Services Our Team News & Insights Your Career Search Contact List (0) About Us Offices Publications Home> About Us> Publications> All Publications MEMOS GO BACK BIS Announces Worldwide Export Controls on Advanced Chips and AI Models 01.15.25 On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an interim final rule that significantly expands export controls around artificial intelligence (“AI”) and advanced computing chips. Entitled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion,” these new rules restrict the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of sophisticated AI models by requiring a license to export the most advanced closed-weight AI models. Model weights, numerical values that represent the…