US Government Limits Exports of Artificial Intelligence Software

US Government Limits Exports of Artificial Intelligence Software
President Donald Trump hosts a roundtable discussion with small business owners and members of his administration in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Dec. 6, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—The Trump administration took measures on Friday to crimp exports of artificial intelligence software as part of a bid to keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of rival powers like China.

Under a new rule which goes into effect on Monday, companies that export certain types of geospatial imagery software from the United States must apply for a license to send it overseas except when it is being shipped to Canada.