OpenAI has reportedly stopped lobbying U.S. lawmakers for stricter export controls on advanced AI chips to China, reversing its public stance from the previous year. [3, 4, 18]
As Congress considers new restrictions, Capitol Hill aides and lobbyists say the company has gone quiet on the issue. [10, 18] One aide said OpenAI’s “silence is doing Nvidia’s work for it,” as Nvidia actively opposes tighter controls. [4, 18]
The reported shift comes as OpenAI’s financial relationship with its primary chip supplier, Nvidia, deepens. [4, 9] Nvidia has reportedly agreed to invest $30 billion in OpenAI. [4, 8, 9] Nvidia is also set to be the sole chip supplier for a major new data center. [4, 8, 9]
Rival AI lab Anthropic continues to support the proposed export curbs. [4, 9]