The United States has introduced regulations that affect the export of advanced semiconductors to artificial intelligence (AI) for countries of Central and east Europe, including Poland. High-ranking representatives of the European Commission expressed concern about the sharpening. The same category included the alleged countries of the global south, including African countries.
The restrictions introduced by Washington include Poland on the list of countries with limits for the acquisition of the latest semiconductors specified as those produced by Nvidia. These restrictions besides apply to another countries in Central and east Europe, as well as Portugal and Switzerland, with the anticipation of importing up to 50,000 chips (with the option of extending to 100 thousand).
Zembaczyński hits the PiS: this is simply a lying narrative
These decisions were referred to on 1 February by MP KO Witold Zembaczyński, who argued on Radio 3 that they would not affect Polish companies. — Ladies and gentlemen, this needs to be explained, especially erstwhile it comes to this chip limit to make artificial intelligence. Poland, even in this limit in which it is located... This is beyond our market. This is simply a lying PiS communicative utilizing the principles of cognitive war, as with vaccines, with the CPK, with all this," Zembaczyński argued.
“ I think it is beyond your reach, ” said PiS MP Radosław Fogiel.
President Wisła Kraków appeals to politicians. “These are harmful statements”
Jarosław Rzeski, president of the Vistula Kraków, and at the same time the programmer and owner of the Synerise IT company, responded to the speech of the MP. “I am not from the Law and Justice Party, nor any another organization — my communicative is the same and specified statements are simply harmful,” he wrote on X.
The Royal believes that "these restrictions should not apply to Poland as 1 of the top providers of minds for the improvement of AI in the world, in addition to the chips themselves".
“After many conversations and activities of Polish business and tech industry, most American tech business sees these restrictions as harmful — it has cost us quite a few work/environment, so it is simply a request not to talk on the policy side. My information besides shows that either this year we will return to tier1, or these restrictions will be lifted. Also, let politicians not decision this very well," said Jarosław Royal.
