The US is demanding approval for the global sale of Nvidia’s AI chips

Nvidia has long been the world’s AI kingmaker. Now the Trump administration is considering taking on a formal role in the industry that would include similarly broad powers.

U.S. officials have written draft regulations that would restrict shipments of AI chips anywhere in the world without American approval, giving Washington broad control over whether other countries can build facilities to train and operate artificial intelligence models — and under what conditions.

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