US-China 'tech War': AI Sparks First Battle in Middle East
The US has restricted exports of some computer chips going into the Middle East.
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The US has restricted exports of some computer chips going into the Middle East. It's meant to stop AI-enabling chips from getting to China. But there's no information on which countries or how chips would get to China.Just over a month ago, a leading US technology firm made a rather mysterious announcement.
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Nvidia, which produces the world's most advanced computer chips — the small silicon cards needed to run everything from supercomputers to modern cars and cellphones — said the US government was restricting the export of its most advanced chips to "some Middle Eastern countries."
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Nvidia did not say which countries were affected or why. But for many observers, it was a sign the "tech war" between China and the US had arrived in the Middle East.
For some time now, the US has been trying to get ahead of China when it comes to the development of world-changing artificial intelligence (AI) technology. In an attempt to slow down Chinese AI progress, a recent tactic has been to throttle Chinese access to the computer chips or semiconductors needed for the most advanced...
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