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title: "Export-banned Nvidia chips are behind China’s most powerful AI models—uh oh, Jensen!"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/export-banned-nvidia-chips-are-behind-china-8217-s-most-powerful-ai-769a8578
published: 2026-11-13T18:40:30.000Z
byline: "Source: TechCrunch AI"
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# Export-banned Nvidia chips are behind China’s most powerful AI models—uh oh, Jensen\!

Source: TechCrunch AI · Published 2026-11-13 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/export-banned-nvidia-chips-are-behind-china-8217-s-most-powerful-ai-769a8578

New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips.

## Sources

- [Read the original at TechCrunch AI](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/13/export-banned-nvidia-chips-are-behind-chinas-most-powerful-ai-models-uh-oh-jensen)

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