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Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions

Officials call previous framework “unenforceable” as May 15 deadline looms.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace a Biden-era rule regulating the export of high-end AI accelerator chips worldwide, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. The regulation represented the last salvo of a four-year effort to control global access to so-called "advanced" AI chips (such as GPUs made by Nvidia), with a focus on restricting China's ability to obtain tech that could enhance its military capabilities. Since April, AI chip makers have seen several other stock market swings due to ever-shifting Trump policy announcements related to tariffs, a separate but interrelated issue.

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