Cassia King
Senior Researcher
cassia@iaps.ai
Selected Publications
Cassia is a Senior Researcher on the Compute Policy team at IAPS. Prior to joining IAPS, she served as a Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Information and Communications Technology Services (OICTS) within the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Cassia also previously worked at Beacon Global Strategies where she helped clients navigate U.S. technology policies and the geopolitical landscape. She holds a Master’s in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Remote Access Security Act (RASA)
U.S. export controls restrict selling advanced AI chips to China, but do not clearly reach the same compute when it is rented remotely through the cloud. The Remote Access Security Act (RASA) would close this gap in the Bureau of Industry and Security’s authorities. This brief assesses how the legislation should be scoped.
Assessing Outcomes of H200 Exports to China
H200 exports to China would substantially boost Chinese frontier AI development and deployment capabilities, and therefore likely military applications for the PLA. Because end-user access and end use cannot feasibly be controlled once chips enter China, the BIS rule’s verification requirements are unenforceable.