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The U.S. banned Nvidia's best chips from going to China. Now it's trying to close a crucial loophole

Chinese AI firms have reportedly accessed advanced Nvidia computing power overseas, testing U.S. export controls, and lawmakers are weighing closing the cloud-access gap. The U.S. banned Nvidia's best chips from going to China and is now trying to close a crucial loophole that allows Chinese companies to use cloud services abroad to obtain advanced AI capabilities.

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The U.S. banned Nvidia's best chips from going to China. Now it's trying to close a crucial loophole
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