Mackenzie Hawkins

Huawei Technologies Co. has bid to build AI data centers for the Egyptian government, demonstrating its global chip ambitions and drawing alarm in Washington — where officials are working to assemble a counteroffer.

A key US agency is reviewing how Chinese AI firms acquire and access Nvidia Corp. chips overseas, following a spate of technological breakthroughs that highlighted their ability to use the cutting-edge hardware despite Washington’s restrictions on shipments to the Asian country.

Chinese AI champion Moonshot has a computing power agreement with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for the use of around 20,000 Nvidia Corp. chips, underscoring China’s continued reliance on Western semiconductors to fuel its AI development, according to people with knowledge of the companies’ operations.

China’s DeepSeek is planning a massive artificial-intelligence data center in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar with the matter, an ambitious move in computing infrastructure from the startup that’s shown it can compete with the leading AI models of Silicon Valley.

Taiwanese prosecutors detained an Nvidia Corp. employee as part of a probe into the alleged smuggling of AI chips into China, thrusting the US company into a high-profile case concerning the black market for its products.

US lawmakers are pressing President Donald Trump’s team to close a loophole they say the administration created in China tech restrictions, but which a key agency denies exists — an example of the persistent confusion surrounding Washington’s efforts to limit China’s AI prowess.

Trump officials have spent the past week embroiled in a remarkable argument — over what, exactly, their China tech policy has been for the past year.

A key company behind Thailand’s national AI effort is suspected of helping to smuggle billions of dollars worth of Super Micro Computer Inc. servers containing advanced Nvidia Corp. chips to China, with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. one of multiple end customers, according to people familiar with the matter.

White House officials are preparing a wide-ranging artificial intelligence policy memo that outlines requirements for AI deployment by national security agencies, some of which address the issues driving a bitter dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic PBC over military use of the firm’s technology, according to people familiar with the matter.

US lawmakers unveiled legislation that seeks to crack down on exports of chipmaking tools to China, especially from allies including the Netherlands and Japan, in a bipartisan effort to help Washington further constrain Beijing’s technology ambitions.