Nvidia CEO China trip alarms senators

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Nvidia CEO's China trip elicits Senate warning

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) pressed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about his upcoming trip to China, voicing concerns that the visit could legitimize companies working closely with the Chinese military or seeking to take advantage of gaps in U.S. export controls.

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The bipartisan senators urged Huang on Friday to refrain from meeting with companies doing business with the country’s military or intelligence, in addition to those that face U.S. export restrictions or are suspected of trying to evade U.S. curbs.

“There is a new bipartisan consensus that the hardware powering advanced AI, which includes NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), is of immense strategic importance,” the pair wrote in Friday’s letter.

“If exported freely to the........

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