Know-Your-Customer Rules for AI Compute

End-of-lesson check

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1. Under the IaaS rule, what specific information must foreign customers provide to verify their identity when opening new accounts?

   1. Name, address, and identity documents such as passports or national IDs
   2. Credit history and financial statements
   3. Social media profiles and online activity logs
   4. Programming certifications and employment verification

2. For how long must IaaS providers retain customer records under the finalized rule?

   1. Five years
   2. One year
   3. Ten years
   4. Two years

3. What does the acronym CIP stand for in the context of the IaaS rule?

   1. Customer Identification Program
   2. Computational Infrastructure Protocol
   3. Cyber Incident Prevention
   4. Certified Identity Provider

4. Which entity issued the proposed rule that eventually became the IaaS rule?

   1. US Department of Commerce
   2. Department of Defense
   3. Federal Communications Commission
   4. Securities and Exchange Commission

5. When was the IaaS rule officially finalized?

   1. January 2025
   2. January 2024
   3. December 2024
   4. March 2024

6. What is a primary criticism of the IaaS rule raised by opponents?

   1. The rule allows anonymous GPU purchases legally
   2. The rule applies only to domestic customers
   3. Small cloud providers bear disproportionate compliance costs
   4. The rule has no enforcement mechanisms

7. How could a customer potentially circumvent reporting requirements under the rule?

   1. By training models on personal hardware
   2. By using only domestic cloud providers
   3. By paying in cryptocurrency
   4. By splitting a large training run into smaller chunked jobs

8. The IaaS rule ports an existing framework from which industry to AI compute?

   1. Automotive manufacturing
   2. Pharmaceuticals
   3. Banking and financial services
   4. Telecommunications and cable

9. What is the stated rationale for treating compute as a regulated resource?

   1. Compute is cheaper than traditional export controls
   2. Compute is the new strategic resource enabling frontier AI models
   3. Compute is the primary cause of climate change
   4. Compute is the only resource China lacks

10. Which of the following is explicitly required to be reported under the IaaS rule?

    1. All customers' electricity usage
    2. Foreign customers training models above specific compute thresholds
    3. Employees' personal computer specifications
    4. Domestic customers' model architectures

11. The lesson draws an analogy comparing compute to what traditional strategic resource?

    1. Oil and gas
    2. Gold and silver
    3. Water and timber
    4. Uranium or semiconductors

12. Which hardware components are specifically restricted under the broader US export control regime mentioned in the lesson?

    1. Networking equipment and cables
    2. CPU processors and hard drives
    3. H100 and H200 GPUs and HBM memory
    4. RAM modules and motherboards

13. What concern do privacy and civil liberties advocates raise about the IaaS rule?

    1. The rule will make AI too expensive
    2. The rule does not go far enough to prevent AI harm
    3. International customers may have their data monitored by US authorities
    4. The rule applies only to US citizens

14. The quote 'If you can buy unlimited compute anonymously, no frontier model regulation is enforceable' emphasizes what point?

    1. Without identity verification, export controls on AI models can be bypassed
    2. Compute purchases cannot be monitored
    3. Anonymous computing is a fundamental right
    4. Frontier models should not be regulated

15. What is required annually under the IaaS rule?

    1. Payment of a compliance fee
    2. Certification of the Customer Identification Program
    3. Renewal of all customer accounts
    4. Submission of customer genetic data