{"id":4139,"date":"2025-04-17T17:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:48:31","slug":"washington-considers-ban-on-deepseek-access-and-us-tech-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=4139","title":{"rendered":"Washington considers ban on DeepSeek access and US tech deals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China&#8217;s DeepSeek from buying US technology and is debating barring Americans&#8217; access to its services,&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch of China&#8217;s low-cost AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled the AI ecosystem. The US government has since taken steps to crack down on the Chinese start-up and its support from chip maker Nvidia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia&#8217;s AI chips have been a key focus of US export controls, as US officials aim to prevent the most advanced chips from being sold to China in an effort to maintain a lead in the AI race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration this week moved to restrict Nvidia&#8217;s sale of AI chips to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US House Select Committee on China said in a report that &#8220;it has sent a formal letter to Nvidia demanding answers about sales to China and Southeast Asia to examine whether and how its chips ended up powering DeepSeek&#8217;s AI models\u2014despite US export restrictions&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia warned on Tuesday of a $5.5 billion hit after Washington restricted exports of its H20 AI chip to China. The move to restrict H20 shipments is Trump&#8217;s latest effort to limit China&#8217;s access to advanced semiconductors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US has banned exports of Nvidia&#8217;s most advanced chips to China since 2022, concerned that advanced technologies could be used by China to build up its military capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeepSeek, the White House and the Commerce Department did not immediately respond to&nbsp;<em>Reuters<\/em>&#8216; requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China&#8217;s DeepSeek from buying US technology and is debating barring Americans&#8217; access to its services,&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;reported on Wednesday. The launch of China&#8217;s low-cost AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled the AI ecosystem. 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