The US is increasing controls on AI chip exports.

VTV.vn - The US Department of Commerce has issued new guidance aimed at closing loopholes that allow Chinese companies to access AI chips through their overseas subsidiaries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has unexpectedly issued new guidance aimed at closing a major legal loophole, thereby preventing Chinese companies from acquiring advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips through their overseas subsidiaries.

This move comes after reports indicated that hundreds of thousands of cutting-edge US AI graphics processors, including Nvidia's powerful Blackwell series chips, may have been exported on a large scale to branches of Chinese companies in countries such as Malaysia.

The U.S. Commerce Department said the guidance aims to clarify export control regulations that have been in place since 2023 and affirmed that it will continue to strictly enforce them to protect strategic U.S. technologies. However, the new guidance does not require data centers to stop using or maintaining chips that have already been supplied.

It is unclear how many chips were exported in the year that the Trump administration left the export door open, while attempting to restrict the supply of semiconductors essential for Chinese companies to develop critical AI capabilities. According to an industry source, the number was in the hundreds of thousands.

Chris McGuire, a technology expert and former U.S. State Department official, believes this is a very big problem. This loophole allows overseas subsidiaries of Chinese companies to purchase Nvidia's Blackwell chips without a license, potentially in large quantities.

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