OpenAI Backs 3 China Chip Curbs After Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns
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Updated · POLITICO · Nov 12
OpenAI Backs 3 China Chip Curbs After Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Nov 12
Summary
OpenAI has swung back to supporting three bills that would curb China’s access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking tools, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Jensen Huang’s resignation from Nvidia after reports of affairs and alleged chip funneling to China appears to have driven the reversal, with one person saying the scandal “loosened them up a bit.”
The shift marks another turn in OpenAI’s export-control stance after it pushed strict curbs through most of 2025, then softened this fall toward the approach favored by President Trump and Huang.
The move could strengthen momentum in Washington for tougher semiconductor restrictions on China, an issue where AI firms, chipmakers and the administration have been pulling in different directions.