Microsoft offers staff to relocate from China
微软为驻华员工提供调离机会
Microsoft has extended an offer to some of its China-based staff to relocate outside of the country, as tensions rise between Beijing and Washington over sensitive technology including artificial intelligence.The software giant “shared an optional internal transfer opportunity with a subset of employees”, according to a company spokesperson on Thursday, adding that Microsoft will “continue to operate in [China] and other markets where we have a presence”.
随着中美之间围绕人工智能等敏感技术的关系日趋紧张,微软(Microsoft)向部分驻华员工提供调离中国的机会。
The Biden administration in January proposed new rules that would require US cloud companies to disclose when foreign actors train the most powerful AI models using their systems.
微软提供调离机会正值美国政府出于国家安全考虑,收紧对先进半导体等技术的出口管制。美国政府还对外国行为人利用人工智能“达到有害目的”的可能性表示日益担忧。