BOTH PARTIES NOW WANT NVIDIA'S CHINA CHIP SALES STOPPED

The fallout from the Jensen Huang affair scandal is now bipartisan: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) issued a joint statement on November 9 demanding the Commerce Department close loopholes in AI chip export controls and keep advanced chips from China's military. Three Republican House committee chairmen had already demanded Huang answer by November 11 whether he will attend a closed-door briefing on November 18.

Legislation is moving with the mood: the Senate defense bill carries AI oversight measures that would bar exports to China of chips more advanced than Nvidia's H200 for a set period, plus chip-location tracking and the MATCH Act restricting allied exports of chipmaking equipment. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said he would push to keep the restrictions in the bill, and a reconciled defense bill could reach the floor in the second week of December.