Technology USA restricts Swiss access to AI computer chips

The USA has excluded Switzerland from the allied countries for unlimited access to AI computer chips. Economics Minister Guy Parmelin criticized this decision.

In Switzerland, these chips are used extensively in academic research, but also by many companies. Switzerland is now in the second group that receives fewer chips, Parmelin said in an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. This means that Switzerland would continue to receive chips, but imports would be limited.

"This division is difficult to understand," the Federal Councillor continued. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) would also use these chips to produce innovations that are important for the Americans. "That would be an own goal for the USA", said Parmelin.

However, the question of classification is the subject of ongoing talks with the USA. The aim is to include Switzerland in the group of countries with unrestricted access.

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