{
  "id": 19301072,
  "title": "How China gets the Nvidia chips it needs to develop AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/how-china-gets-the-nvidia-chips-it-needs-to-develop-ai-19301072",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-10T07:24:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/how-china-gets-the-nvidia-chips-it-needs-to-develop-ai/article71685340.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to having an affair with a Chinese executive, a scandal that has raised questions about how China, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) power, obtains advanced chips despite US export restrictions. Nvidia designs graphics processing units (GPUs), initially created for 3D visual effects in video games, which are powerful enough to process vast amounts of data, making them useful for AI training and execution. The US has banned the export of Nvidia's top-end \"Blackwell\" and \"Rubin\" GPUs to China due to security concerns, as advanced AI has military applications. This policy aims to maintain the US's global lead in AI development.\n\nDespite these restrictions, Chinese AI startups, such as Moonshot AI, Z.ai, and DeepSeek, have demonstrated the use of Nvidia chips to train their models. Chinese vendors are resorting to smuggling or utilizing a loophole that permits Chinese firms to rent computing power at data centers located in third countries, typically Southeast Asian nations, which house Nvidia chips. China's DeepSeek is reportedly developing its own AI chip, according to sources.",
  "summary": "With chip orders pouring in, Nvidia's market valuation has soared to $4.5 trillion -- currently on par with Apple as the world's two most valuable companies",
  "key_points": [
    "Nvidia CEO admits to affair with Chinese exec, raising export restriction questions.",
    "US bans export of Nvidia's top-end GPUs to China due to security concerns.",
    "Chinese AI firms use smuggling or rent computing power in third countries."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Circumventing export bans through third-country data centers and smuggling allows Chinese firms to maintain their competitive edge in artificial intelligence despite strict American efforts to limit their technological progress.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Google unveils 2 new AI chips to rival Nvidia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/google-unveils-2-new-ai-chips-to-rival-nvidia",
        "published": "2026-11-10T01:40:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Google escalates Nvidia rivalry with specialized versions of AI chips",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/google-escalates-nvidia-rivalry-with-specialized-versions-of-ai-chips",
        "published": "2026-11-10T01:44:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "How China gets the Nvidia chips it needs to develop AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/how-china-gets-the-nvidia-chips-it-needs-to-develop-ai-19297462",
        "published": "2026-11-10T05:45:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "How China gets the Nvidia chips it needs to develop AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/how-china-gets-the-nvidia-chips-it-needs-to-develop-ai",
        "published": "2026-11-10T05:47:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}