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US Issues Huawei Chips Warning, Signaling New AI Diffusion Rule

The Commerce Department warns entities against using Huawei chips that were developed in violation of U.S. export controls.
US Issues Huawei Chips Warning, Signaling New AI Diffusion Rule
Huawei Atlas 800 inference server is displayed at InnoEX Fair, in Hong Kong, on April 15, 2025. Tyrone Siu/File Photo/Reuters
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
5/14/2025|Updated: 5/15/2025
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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on May 13 warned entities against using Huawei chips that were developed in violation of U.S. export controls while announcing that new artificial intelligence (AI) chip trade rules are to come.

In January, the outgoing Biden administration finalized an AI Diffusion rule governing how U.S. AI technology is to be distributed around the world. It was meant to go into effect on May 15.
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in New York.
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