Trump praises Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after talks on AI export controls
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U.S. President Donald Trump met Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Washington to discuss export controls on advanced AI chips and afterwards publicly praised Huang, calling him a "great leader" in technology. The meeting underscores Nvidia’s central role in U.S.–China tech tensions and suggests the company is directly lobbying on how restrictive future AI hardware controls should be.
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