TL;DRNvidia CEO Jensen Huang declined Senator Warren’s invitation to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on AI chip exports to China. He offered a headquarters tour instead. Warren says the chips are being used for military purposes.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has declined an invitation from Senator Elizabeth Warren to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday about the chipmaker’s sales to China and US export controls. Warren had asked Huang to appear under oath to discuss how Nvidia’s AI chips reach Chinese buyers and whether they end up in military applications.
Huang offered an alternative. He said he would welcome Warren or any committee member to Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara “to discuss our technology, the American AI ecosystem, and how we can support US leadership.”
What Warren wants to know
Warren’s concerns centre on whether Nvidia’s chips, designed for AI training and inference, are being repurposed for military use in China. “AI chips exported to the Chinese market are not just used in the AI industry; they are also being used for military purposes,” she wrote in her letter to Huang.
