Top lawmaker sends letter to US Commerce Secretary objecting to Nvidia selling AI chips to China: ‘We can’t let the…’

Republican representative John Moolenaar, who is the chairman of the House Select Committee on China, has reportedly objected to the US Commerce Department’s decision to allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H20 AI chips to China. In a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Moolenaar warned that the move could advance China’s AI capabilities and help Chinese companies gain market share in global AI model development.

“The Commerce Department made the right call in banning the H20. We can’t let the (Chinese Communist Party) use American chips to train AI models that will power its military, censor its people, and undercut American innovation,” stated Republican representative Moolenaar on Friday (July 18), as per news agency Reuters.