“The Republican Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley has introduced a new bill that would make it illegal to import or export artificial intelligence products to and from China, meaning someone who knowingly downloads a Chinese developed AI model like the now immensely popular DeepSeek could face up to 20 years in jail, a million dollar fine, or both, should such a law pass.”
Josh Hawley wants 20 years in prison for knowingly downloading a Chinese AI model. That covers researchers and anyone who grabs DeepSeek’s open weights. The weights are already mirrored everywhere. The people this bill would actually catch are Americans.