Overview
- Jensen Huang said he met President Donald Trump to discuss chip export controls and reiterated support for controls that keep the best chips with U.S. buyers first.
- Huang opposed the GAIN AI Act and called its exclusion from the National Defense Authorization Act draft a wise decision, according to multiple reports.
- Senators are advancing a Secure and Feasible Exports (SAFE) proposal that would codify tighter limits and block H200 and next‑generation Blackwell shipments to China for 30 months, per the Financial Times reporting cited by Benzinga.
- The White House is weighing licenses for Nvidia’s H200 sales to China, and Huang said he is unsure China would buy them and that Beijing will not accept degraded products.
- Huang warned that state‑by‑state AI rules would stall progress and urged a single federal standard after House leaders said preemption of state laws will not be in this year’s defense bill.