And it raises First Amendment issues as well. I think it's morally wrong to prohibit the development of software, which is what AI models are, especially if it's done in a personal capacity.
How do they even know that the author is based in the US anyway. Just use a Russian or Chinese Git hosting provider, where these laws don't exist?
And by the way foreign developers won't even have to jump through these hoops in the first place, so this law will only put the US at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the world.
If these lobbyists get their way, by restricting AI development in both the US and the EU, it will be hilarious to see that out of all places, Russia might be one of the few large countries where it's development will remain unrestricted.
Even better, is that if Russia splits up we will have a new wild west for this kind of thing....