The United States government just made life a lot harder for Nvidia—and by extension, the entire AI hardware ecosystem. In a fresh escalation of tech tensions with China, the Trump administration has imposed sweeping export restrictions on high-performance chips, and Nvidia's AI-optimized H20 processor is squarely in the crosshairs.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/16/2025
A week after President Donald Trump unveiled the "Stargate Project," a $500 billion private-sector AI infrastructure investment backed by SoftBank, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle, global markets have been rattled by an unforeseen challenge: a low-cost Chinese AI model that threatens the economic foundation of the U.S. AI sector.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/28/2025
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday received the final report from the bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, a comprehensive document outlining guiding principles and recommendations to advance American leadership in AI.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/17/2024
On October 24, 2024, the Biden administration unveiled a sweeping National Security Memorandum (NSM) with the ambitious goal of ensuring that the United States remains the global leader in artificial intelligence.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/21/2024