May 17, 2024 Microsoft Asks Hundreds of China-Based AI Staff to Consider Relocating Amid U.S.-China Tensions AI Featured, News In this article:Microsoft is asking hundreds of China-based cloud-computing and AI employees to consider transferring outside the country.The move is due to escalating U.S.-China tensions.The employees offered transfers are mostly engineers with Chinese nationality.Destinations include the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.Approximately 700 to 800 employees received the offer.Employees have until early June to decide.Staying in China remains an option.Relocation aims to support Microsoft’s global cloud computing and AI ambitions.The Biden administration is tightening restrictions on China’s AI development capabilities.Potential new U.S. rules might require licenses for American cloud-computing companies to serve Chinese customers. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-asks-hundreds-of-china-based-ai-staff-to-relocate-amid-u-s-china-tensions-b626ff8c?st=5hewt0npk1e448n&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkMore
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