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Nvidia stock jumped over 3% early Wednesday after the company and fellow chipmakers announced billions of dollars worth of AI deals with Saudi Arabia.
Previously, the US had restrictions on delivering advanced technology to the region as part of broader controls on the spread of US AI-related tech.
The United States does not hold a monopoly on technological breakthroughs. As it sought to contain China’s advances in artificial intelligence, President Joe Biden’s administration tried to use restrictions on cutting-edge chips from Nvidia as a cudgel,
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President Donald Trump has continued to voice his desire for the U.S. to remain an AI leader while trying to keep top tech out of the hands of China.
The next front in the AI arms race isn’t Beijing. It’s in Riyadh, at least according to Wedbush. A sweeping new partnership between Nvidia and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign AI initiative, Humain, was the focus of the gathering.
US President Donald Trump unleashed an AI Power Play in the Middle East during his visit, as Nvidia, AMD strike major deals in Saudi and UAE.