Comment by pavon
1 year ago
It applies to any "software that is not predefined". An OS is just an non-exhaustive example of one type of software that applies.
1 year ago
It applies to any "software that is not predefined". An OS is just an non-exhaustive example of one type of software that applies.
The next sentence is:
> The consumer [...] has control over the operating systems, storage, and any deployed applications.
That was just a snippet of the full definition here:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-01580/p-46
There are two possibilities here.
First, the rule applies to WordPress and all that kind of thing, and then providers would have to KYC WordPress users. Which is a reason not to pass it.
Second, the rule is completely pointless, because it doesn't, and then anyone could create an AI training WordPress plugin that uses whatever arbitrarily fast hardware the server has and thereby easily bypass the rule. Which is a reason not to pass it.
That's silly, no Wordpress hosting has H100 GPUs hooked up to it.
If you skim the full context of this proposal and the topics it focuses on (dedicated servers, virtual servers, AI acceleration), and you've been paying attention to current geopolitics in these areas (top chips being sanctioned), it is completely obvious that goal here is to prevent things like evading sanctions by renting hardware instead of buying it.
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