US lawmakers target Chinese robotics and AI with new bans and data center restrictions
Senator Chuck Schumer said Chinese companies' technology could threaten privacy, research, and industry and is sponsoring the proposed robotics restrictions.
The article reports that lawmakers announced proposals to restrict federal use of Chinese-made robots and pause new AI data-center construction, while also limiting some chip exports. Supporters cited national-security, privacy, energy, environmental, and worker concerns; the proposals had not yet become law.
