US to Curb China Access to Cloud Services Like Amazon, WSJ Says

  • Biden administration plans to tighten export controls
  • US and China are escalating their technological conflict
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The US is preparing to curtail Chinese companies’ access to cloud-computing services including those provided by Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Washington is considering requiring cloud providers to seek government permission before serving Chinese firms that employ such platforms to train AI models, the Journal reported.