“Open AI supports Congressional bill to block access to Chinese AI chips and equipment”

Bloomberg News reported on the 12th (local time), citing anonymous sources, that OpenAI supported the bipartisan movement of the U.S. Congress to block China's access to artificial intelligence (AI) chips and restrict access to chip manufacturing equipment.

According to sources, OpenAI has been considering whether to support a package of laws restricting exports to China for several months, and this week informed lawmakers that it would support related bills.

Congress is currently working on three bills that would limit future exports of advanced chips to China, reduce Nvidia's AI processors from entering China through other routes, and block China's access to precision equipment from Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML.

The bill will be included in the annual defense-related bill that must be passed by the end of the year.

Nvidia officials and trade-related organizations have expressed opposition to these bills to strengthen export restrictions, saying that this measure will harm the corporate ecosystem associated with Nvidia.

However, as NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stepped down from his position today due to an affair scandal, Bloomberg pointed out that a person who had long opposed the United States' strict export controls disappeared, and NVIDIA's influence in the U.S. Congress was weakened.

OpenAI's support is expected to further strengthen efforts to pass export restrictions by the end of the year.

U.S. members of Congress and administration officials are continuing negotiations over the specific contents of the bill.

There remains a possibility that the bills will be scrapped if President Donald Trump pressures them with a possible veto.