Security leaders: AI policy undermined by Trump plan for advanced chip sales to China

China hawks in Congress and influential national security groups say the Trump administration’s reported move to allow advanced AI chip sales to China in return for giving the U.S. government a15 percent take from the proceeds is a misuse of export control policy that contradicts the goals of the president’s own artificial intelligence action plan.

According to multiple reports, the administration will allow NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices to sell their AI chips to China while giving the U.S. government...