Earlier, after saying that the United States would stop China’s key AI chips exports, Donald Trump’s administration may have withdrawn. The United States will now temporarily stop the ban on chips and other technology exports to China, Financial times Notified. According to those familiar with this purpose, it aims to help Trump book a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year.
According to eight people, including current and former US officials, export control is determined by the US Commerce Department Department of Commerce, which was reported to avoid strict measures on China. It is said that Trump was said to have avoided anger at XI because of the danger of China’s greed over the export of important rare lands and magnets.
Last week, NVIDIA said it could resume selling key AI chips to China after the first block was blocked by the Department of Trade. The company said in a blog post, “The US government has assured NVIDIA that licenses will be granted and NVIDIA hopes to start delivery soon,” the company said in a blog post. Today’s frozen export control news effectively supports this statement.
However, 20 people, including security experts and former US officials, including the former Trump administration, wrote that it is a bad idea to provide China with access to advanced AI chips. “This move represents a strategic wrong step that endangers the United States economic and military edge in artificial intelligence,” he said in a letter. “By providing these chips to China, we are promoting the infrastructure that will be used to modernize and expand the Chinese army.”
