As Washington tries to limit its progress, Beijing is spending more to build an artificial-intelligence ecosystem that doesn’t rely on U.S. technology.

White House National economic adviser Kevin Hassett, in an apparent reference to Nvidia's H20 AI chip shipments to China, said President Trump and his team decided to let the chips go in a bid to stop China from getting ahead in the race to make the best chips.

Nvidia plans to resume sales of its H20 AI chip to China with U.S. approval, amidst efforts to prevent China from gaining a technological edge in the AI chip race. This decision, endorsed by Trump and his team,

China’s AI messaging is starting to sound like “AI for all,” but the United States is split on its own tactic.

Demand in China has begun surging for a business that, in theory, shouldn't exist: the repair of advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence chipsets that the U.S. has banned the export of to its trade and tech rival.

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used for artificial intelligence to China.

As the top chip company, Nvidia's chips are in high demand from the largest companies, like Amazon and Microsoft, that are building out huge AI businesses. They themselves are serving other giants with AI tools and services in partnership with Nvidia, offering access to the chipmaker's powerful technology.

Nvidia's advanced artificial intelligence chips worth at least $1 billion were smuggled to China in the three months after Washington tightened chip export controls, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

The Commerce Department allows Nvidia to sell H20 AI chips to China despite security concerns, and experts are divided on the U.S. technological advantage.

Nvidia has ordered 300,000 H20 GPUs from TSMC as Chinese demand surges, despite political backlash over national security risks. The U.S. still hasn’t approved export licenses, but Nvidia aims to retain its foothold in China’s AI market,