Four Chinese Firms Blacklisted for Seeking AI Chips for Military

Published on April 11, 2024



The four firms were among 11 added to the US Entity List on Wednesday, an official said, along with others procuring drones for Russia’s war in Ukraine

Four Chinese companies will be added to a US export blacklist because they seek to  acquire AI chips for China’s military, a US Senate panel hearing has been told.

The four firms were “involved with providing AI chips to China’s military modernization programmes” and military intelligence users, Kevin Kurland, an export enforcement official with the Commerce Department, said at a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.

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