00:00The U.S. has arrested and charged four people with violating export controls on AI chips
00:05to China.
00:07Two American and two Chinese citizens were busted for allegedly conspiring to sell millions
00:11of U.S. dollars' worth of NVIDIA GPUs to buyers in China.
00:16One of them is a senior executive at a U.S. AI cloud company.
00:20The arrests come amid tightened restrictions on exports of high-powered chips needed for
00:23artificial intelligence systems.
00:25China and the U.S. are in a race to reach AI supremacy, with NVIDIA's chips currently
00:30the most powerful on the market.
00:32If convicted, the suspects face decades behind bars.
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