U.S. considers requiring permits for Nvidia, AMD global AI chip sales

The Commerce Department has written draft regulations that would restrict AI chip shipments to anywhere in the world without American approval, giving Washington broad control over whether other countries can build facilities for training and running artificial-intelligence models.

The proposed rule would require companies to seek U.S. permission for virtually all exports of AI accelerators from companies like Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and would set up the U.S. government as gatekeeper for the AI industry. 

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