UAE wins access to US AI chips and other advanced technology ⁠46%

By Ed Clowes⁠98%

7/13/2026, 5:54:35 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Negativity Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 40.2% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 360 faulty-reasoning hits from 169 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 40.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (16,484 of 30,147 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 54.70% of the article peer group.

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UAE wins access to US AI chips and other advanced technology 
Jul 13, 2026, 8:54am EDT 
The US has softened export controls on UAE purchases of America’s most advanced technologies. 
The UAE government and approved companies no longer need licenses to buy semiconductor processors, some commercial satellites and military equipment, or dual-use items for civil nuclear power — a status no other Middle Eastern state, including Israel or Saudi Arabia, enjoys. 
Abu Dhabi has lobbied for the policy change for years, but previous administrations feared closely guarded technologies, such as those underpinning Nvidia’s Blackwell chips, could leak to China if the UAE was allowed access. 
On Friday, the Department of Commerce said the UAE’s support for the US war against Iran and its status as America’s largest trading partner in the Middle East were behind the change in policy. 
The UAE has pledged to invest more than $1 trillion in the US. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 20.1%Ed Clowes: 4.5%Semafor: 3.9%Confirmation Bias20.1%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 3.2%Semafor: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 20.1%Ed Clowes: 5.9%Semafor: 5.1%Availability Heuristic20.1%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 1.3%Semafor: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 2.3%Semafor: 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 2.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 8.3%Ed Clowes: 18.3%Semafor: 13.2%Framing Effect8.3%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.8%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 24.3%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.7%Status Quo Bias24.3%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.4%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 7.7%Ed Clowes: 1.5%Semafor: 4.1%Optimism Bias7.7%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 4.5%Semafor: 3.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 24.3%Ed Clowes: 19.8%Semafor: 11.1%Negativity Bias24.3%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 1.6%Semafor: 1.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 5.1%Semafor: 1.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 2.7%Semafor: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 7.0%Semafor: 2.8%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 20.1%Ed Clowes: 9.0%Semafor: 5.6%Appeal to Authority20.1%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 1.9%Semafor: 2.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 1.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 11.5%Semafor: 7.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.9%Semafor: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 8.1%Semafor: 4.5%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 40.2%Ed Clowes: 13.5%Semafor: 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)40.2%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.5%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 1.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 24.3%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 2.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)24.3%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 20.1%Ed Clowes: 6.7%Semafor: 4.8%Unattributed Quote20.1%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 1.6%Semafor: 3.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 16.5%Semafor: 7.6%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 1.2%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 2.7%Semafor: 0.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 3.6%Ed Clowes: 0.0%Semafor: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…3.6%

169 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker20%attributed speech135writer words
100%flagged-word coverage
34 attributed words100% of attributed speech80% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Department of Commerce: 100.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -4.4 ptsWriter: 4.4%Department of Commerce: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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