The BLADE Act aims to protect U.S. artificial intelligence models from unauthorized extraction by foreign adversaries.

The BLADE Act, or Blocking Large-scale Adversarial Distillation Efforts Act of 2026, seeks to safeguard U.S. artificial intelligence models from unauthorized extraction by foreign adversaries. It mandates the Secretary of Commerce to publish a report on best practices for detecting, preventing, and responding to model extraction attacks. The President is directed to block transactions of property and interests in property of identified adversaries. The Act also requires the establishment of an information-sharing mechanism for model owners to report attacks and fraudulent account networks.

The BLADE Act aims to protect U.S. artificial intelligence models from unauthorized extraction by foreign adversaries.

The BLADE Act, or Blocking Large-scale Adversarial Distillation Efforts Act of 2026, seeks to safeguard U.S. artificial intelligence models from unauthorized extraction by foreign adversaries. It mandates the Secretary of Commerce to publish a report on best practices for detecting, preventing, and responding to model extraction attacks. The President is directed to block transactions of property and interests in property of identified adversaries. The Act also requires the establishment of an information-sharing mechanism for model owners to report attacks and fraudulent account networks.