Representative Moolenaar alleges Nvidia’s technical support to China’s DeepSeek model may have weakened US export controls on advanced chip technology.
Representative Moolenaar has accused Nvidia of providing key technical assistance to China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence model, asserting this undermines US export restrictions on high-end American semiconductors. The claim was made in a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, highlighting concerns that such cooperation could bypass existing controls designed to limit China’s access to advanced computing hardware. This development underscores growing geopolitical and regulatory tensions around technology transfer and AI dominance.