Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing hope for improved US-China relations amidst Nvidia's challenges in supplying advanced AI chips to China, impacting their AI development.
Why it matters
This article highlights the geopolitical tensions affecting the global AI supply chain. Nvidia's ability to supply advanced AI chips is crucial for the development of AI technologies worldwide. Restrictions on such supplies can significantly impact the progress of AI research and development in countries like China, potentially altering the global AI landscape and the competitive balance among nations in this critical technological domain.
The boss of Nvidia, a company that makes important computer chips for AI, met with China's leader. He hopes the US and China can get along better because it's hard for Nvidia to sell its best AI chips to China, which slows down China's AI progress.
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