US AI Policy Is Stuck in Training Mode

US AI Policy Is Stuck in Training Mode

U.S. policymakers have made access to AI compute a top strategic priority, reshaping policies on everything from energy production and export controls to infrastructure planning. But they often approach this priority with training in mind, focusing on the compute needed to develop models, while overlooking inference, the type of compute required to deploy and run them effectively. Given many of the major advances in AI are now happening during i…