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JENSEN HUANG ON GLOBAL AI STRATEGY AND CHIP CONTROLS

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, argues that America's chip export restrictions are “exactly wrong” as they force China to build competing AI ecosystems while causing American companies to lose revenue. Specifically, Huang estimated that Nvidia wrote off $5.5 billion in inventory and forfeited $15 billion in Chinese sales. Huang predicts AI will expand beyond IT into manufacturing and operations, creating a much larger market where enterprises will pay "$100,000 a year" for AI workers to address labor shortages.