Report: Nvidia lobbied the White House to squash State Dept chip export control recommendations
harris_edouard · x · 2026-11-10
Edouard Harris says his team's 2023-24 AI risk report for the State Dept faced 'weird resistance' to recommendations including chip export controls — and two years later learned Nvidia had been lobbying the White House to pressure State into squashing them. Critics demand full transparency on Nvidia-funded advocacy in DC.
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