Sec. 2. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— artificial intelligence
(AI)models owned by United States private sector companies are essential for advancing United States economic and national security interests; many of the most advanced AI models owned by United States companies are closed-source models whose unique technical characteristics are not openly shared or published; the unauthorized acquisition of model capabilities, such as model weights, model architectures, and other technical characteristics of closed-source AI models by entities of concern through model extraction attacks represents a threat to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, as well as the intellectual property rights and economic competitiveness of United States companies; the United States Government, in cooperation with private owners of closed-source AI models, should take steps to identify, punish, and deter model extraction attacks on the protected capabilities of closed-source models by entities of concern; model extraction attacks against American closed-source AI models allow foreign adversaries a short cut to acquiring advanced AI capabilities; and authorized model training practices that adhere to the terms of service or are otherwise consistent with contractual terms set by the owners of closed-source AI models are a legitimate research method that play an important role in AI research and are fundamentally distinct from model extraction attacks defined in this Act.