US Department of Commerce Wants to Impose KYC on Cloud Services and AI Training

- "The new rule would require that U.S. providers of IaaS products (including U.S. resellers) implement and maintain a written, risked-based Customer Identification Program (CIP).

- "The proposed definition for “Infrastructure as a Service product” is "any product or service offered to a consumer, including complimentary or “trial” offerings, that provides processing, storage, networks, or other fundamental computing resources, and with which the consumer is able to deploy and run software that is not predefined, including operating systems and applications."

- The Commerce Department is soliciting comment on the proposed rules for 90 days, with submissions due to the agency by April 29, 2024.