It is evidently known in tech that power does not only belong to those who build the best hardware.
At the heart of the drama is the AI Diffusion Rule, a complex framework that kicks in on May 15.
It is supposed to control how the world’s most powerful AI chips like Nvidia’s prized H100s are distributed globally.
The US strategy is clear: lock out rivals like China and Russia.
Not one where America remains supreme by holding technology back, but one where it cedes the future to its competitors.
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s charismatic CEO, minced no words.
As Jensen Huang put it bluntly, “If we lose that ecosystem to our competitors, it will be almost impossible to get it back.”. »