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   Nvidia boss Jensen Huang steers Trump, Congress against AI chip limits and   
   state-level AI rules   
      
   Date:   
   Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:30:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Nvidias Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump and lawmakers against a   
   proposed AI chip export rule and issued a warning about fragmented state   
   regulation of AI.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang isnt known for wading into the political fray, but   
   this week, he made an exception with some quality time in Washington, DC. He   
   met with President Trump to argue against the GAIN AI Act and its proposed   
   rule requiring U.S. chipmakers like Nvidia and AMD to prioritize domestic   
   buyers before selling advanced AI chips abroad.    
      
   The act was pitched as a way to keep America ahead of China in the AI race,   
   but it was not long after he met with the president that lawmakers removed it   
   from the National Defense Authorization Act. Huang hastened to proclaim his   
   support for export controls, just not this one.    
      
   The GAIN AI Act is even more detrimental to the United States than the AI   
   Diffusion Act, Huang said in a press conference after the meeting. He called   
   it wise that lawmakers are backing away from the plan.    
      
   For Nvidia, which is the undisputed global heavyweight in AI hardware, that   
   kind of disruption would be like asking Boeing to fly with half an engine.   
   Their chips already dominate cloud computing and generative AI development   
   worldwide. Losing the freedom to sell to vetted international customers   
   without a government-imposed queue would erode their edge in a business built   
   on speed and scale.    
      
   Though Huang gave his corporate lobbying a patriotic veneer, he did point to   
   more than just Nvidias bottom line as a reason to oppose the GAIN AI Act. The   
   law would have forced companies like Nvidia to delay foreign chip orders    
   while confirming there was no outstanding demand in the U.S. But giving   
   American institutions and companies a fair shot at high-end AI chips ahead of   
   foreign markets would, he claimed, slow innovation for rivals as well,   
   complicate global logistics, and damage Americas ability to stay competitive   
   in AI.    
      
   For most people, the impact of these legislative debates is indirect, but    
   very real. If Huange is right, the regulatory bottleneck would slow the pace   
   of AI improvements for everyone. Although if he's wrong, it will make it   
   harder for American businesses to compete if foreign groups can nab all of    
   the most powerful chips.   
      
   Patchwork AI rules    
      
   That wasn't Huang's only legislative foe this week. He met with lawmakers to   
   criticize a separate idea gaining traction among U.S. states: local AI   
   regulation. State-by-state AI regulation would drag this industry into a    
   halt, Huang warned. It would create a national security concern.    
      
   If AI laws start diverging wildly across California, Texas, New York, and   
   every other state, it could create a compliance nightmare for developers.   
   Imagine needing to tweak your chatbots features depending on which zip code   
   your user lives in. Bills are circulating in at least 30 states that propose   
   different standards for disclosure, bias, transparency, and safety in AI   
   systems.    
      
   Trump reportedly echoed Huangs concern during their meeting and has publicly   
   backed the idea of a national standard that would override state laws. So    
   far, the NDAA doesn't have that kind of rule, but if it becomes a real   
   problem, it might end up in the bill next year.    
      
   To tech critics, this is familiar territory: Big Tech pushing for a single   
   federal rule to avoid dealing with 50 regulatory headaches. And it's not as   
   though the regulatory friction might not annoy the average AI user. It would   
   be like 50 different versions of the GDPR, but without any way to fully   
   comply.    
      
   The shelving of the GAIN AI Act is, depending on your point of view, a signal   
   that lawmakers arent ready to clip the wings of Americas most important chip   
   company, or that they are in thrall to powerful and rich corporate interests.   
   Or both. And while the future of AI regulation at every level is still in   
   flux, Huang has outlined what techs most powerful players envision as the   
   ideal solution.    
      
   If you use AI tools, or will soon, this matters. Its not just about export   
   forms and legal frameworks. Its about who gets to move fast, who gets slowed   
   down, and how much trust were placing in a handful of companies to shape the   
   technological infrastructure of the next decade.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/nvidia-boss-jensen-huang-ste   
   ers-trump-congress-against-ai-chip-limits-and-state-level-ai-rules   
      
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