Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets US officials as scrutiny grows over China chip access

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is meeting US officials and lawmakers in Washington this week amid reports that its export-controlled processors were used to train advanced Chinese AI models. Huang met with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, according to Axios, as the Trump administration investigates whether Beijing-based Moonshot AI used restricted Nvidia chips in Thailand to train its Kimi K3 model.

Advertisement Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets US officials as scrutiny grows over China chip access Washington visit comes amid investigation into whether restricted processors were used to train Moonshot AI models 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Vincent Chow /author/vincent-chow in Washington Nvidia https://www.scmp.com/topics/nvidia?module=inline&pgtype=article chief executive Jensen Huang https://www.scmp.com/topics/jensen-huang?module=inline&pgtype=article is meeting US officials and lawmakers in Washington this week amid reports that its export-controlled processors have been used to train advanced Chinese artificial intelligence models. Huang met with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick https://www.scmp.com/topics/howard-lutnick?module=inline&pgtype=article on Tuesday, US outlet Axios reported, citing an anonymous source. Neither the US Commerce Department https://www.scmp.com/topics/us-commerce-department?module=inline&pgtype=article nor Nvidia confirmed that the meeting occurred, and its purpose was not disclosed.“Jensen is in DC to meet with leaders on both sides of the aisle to discuss Nvidia’s work to strengthen the country’s supply chain by producing US$500 billion in American technology over four years and American leadership in AI, including leading in open source,” an Nvidia spokesperson said. Huang’s arrival in the US capital comes after senior Trump administration officials last week accused Beijing-based start-up Moonshot AI of using export-controlled Nvidia chips in Thailand to train its latest models https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3361510/trump-tech-official-accuses-chinas-moonshot-ai-stealing-anthropic?module=inline&pgtype=article , including the groundbreaking Kimi K3.US export controls restrict the sale of Nvidia’s most advanced processors to China. Advertisement Select Voice Select Speed 1.00x