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Today, the AI Policy Network urged Senate leaders to pass the Remote Access Security Act, legislation to close a loophole that allows China to access American advanced AI chips via cloud computing.

“In December 2025, Barron’s reported that Tencent, a Chinese company prohibited from purchasing Nvidia’s most powerful Blackwell chips, had secured access to 15,000 Blackwell processors through a Japanese cloud provider, Datasection. Because Tencent does not own the chips, this arrangement does not violate current export restrictions. Chinese AI developers can therefore train advanced models using American hardware…,” wrote AIPN’s Head of Policy Peter Wildeford. “Physical possession of advanced chips is no longer required to leverage their capabilities. Our export controls must account for this reality.”

The letter, which was also signed by representatives from Americans for Responsible Innovation, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Alliance for Secure AI, was sent to Leaders John Thune and Chuck Schumer, as well as Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee leaders Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren. The letter follows RASA’s January passage in the House of Representatives, where it received an overwhelming amount of bipartisan support, passing 369 to 22. 

The full text of the letter is available here.