The US Flip-flop Over H20 Chip Restrictions 

Reporting on April 9 suggested that the Trump administration in the United States had reversed course on restricting the export to China of H20 chips – Nvidia’s most advanced offering to remain outside U.S. export controls. Reportedly, the White House’s change of heart followed President Donald Trump’s dinner with NvidiaContinue Reading

The Rise of DeepSeek: China’s Answer to Silicon Valley’s AI Dominance 

Chinese tech pioneer DeepSeek is disrupting global AI markets with open-source models priced 7 percent below Western counterparts, showcasing China’s ascent through cost-innovation synergies. U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the rise of DeepSeek “should be a wake-up call for America’s tech companies.”  The rise of DeepSeek might intensify theContinue Reading

The US AI Diffusion Framework: Global Implications and Unintended Consequences

The Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion, introduced by the Biden administration just days before it departed office, incorporates measures designed to make developing frontier AI models off-limits to all countries in the world except the United States and a select group of allies. Given that AI capability is rapidly becomingContinue Reading