Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appeared at the White House alongside U.S. President Donald Trump, reiterating a pledge to make more of its tech in the United States. Huang also called on Washington to reconsider its strict export rules on AI chips, saying the government should support the diffusion of U.S. AI technology to the rest of the world.
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00:00NVIDIA's Jensen Huang has called on the U.S. government to reconsider its strict export rules on AI chips so that it can stay ahead in the industry.
00:09The Taiwan-born CEO was at the White House for an event about investing in U.S. production.
00:15We're going to build NVIDIA's technology, the next generation of that, all here in the United States.
00:21Without the president's leadership and, very importantly, his strong encouragement, and I mean his strong encouragement, frankly, manufacturing in the United States wouldn't have accelerated to this pace.
00:39NVIDIA has long relied on Taiwan-based production by TSMC, which is ramping up its chip-making capabilities in Arizona.
00:46Huang says the U.S. should support American AI tech being sold around the world, as its rival China is not far behind.
00:55Just last month, NVIDIA said it faced over $5 billion in fines after Washington limited exports of one of its most popular AI chips to China.