U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren and committee member Jim Banks called for passage of the AI Overwatch Act through the National Defense Authorization Act and immediate Commerce Department action to close loopholes in advanced AI chip export controls. Their joint statement cited reported NVIDIA export approvals to China and Chief Executive Jensen Huang’s relationship with a suspected spy for China’s intelligence service as grounds for heightened national security concerns.
In a joint statement, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren and committee member Jim Banks urged Congress and the Department of Commerce to tighten controls on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chip exports to China. Their proposed response includes passing the AI Overwatch Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act and immediately closing export control loopholes to prevent advanced chips from reaching China’s military.
The senators recalled a bipartisan congressional request in March for the Commerce Department to suspend or reconsider NVIDIA’s export licenses to China and conduct a full national security review. They cited reports that NVIDIA subsequently received approval to export hundreds of thousands of advanced AI chips to China, including to companies tied to its military. The statement also pointed to NVIDIA Chief Executive Jensen Huang’s confirmation of a relationship with a suspected spy for China’s intelligence service, raising questions about whether that relationship was connected to the company’s activities concerning chip controls.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, demanded answers from NVIDIA on export control compliance despite CEO Jensen Huang’s decision to resign. She urged passage of the AI Overwatch Act and other bipartisan bills, while calling on Secretary Howard Lutnick and Under Secretary…
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