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Location Verification for AI Chips

Adding location verification features to AI chips could unlock new governance mechanisms for regulators, help enforce existing and future export controls by deterring and catching smuggling attempts, and enable post-sale verification of chip locations. This paper is meant to serve as an initial introduction to location verification use-cases for AI chips with comparison of different methods.

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Federal Drive with Tom Temin podcast interview: Onni Aarne on AI hardware security risks
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Federal Drive with Tom Temin podcast interview: Onni Aarne on AI hardware security risks

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, IAPS consultant Onni Aarne discusses how specialized AI chips, and the systems that use them, need protection from theft and misuse. The podcast episode and interview transcript are available on the Federal News Network.

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Secure, Governable Chips

Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), in collaboration with the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy, has released a new report, Secure, Governable Chips, by Onni Aarne, Tim Fist, and Caleb Withers.

The report introduces the concept of “on-chip governance,” detailing how security features on AI chips could help mitigate national security risks from the development of broadly capable dual-use AI systems, while protecting user privacy.

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