Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has declined an invitation from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to testify before the Senate Banking Committee at a June 11 hearing focused on artificial intelligence, China, export controls and American technological dominance. The decision has drawn more attention to Nvidia’s growing influence in the global AI race, especially as its advanced chips remain essential to training and running many of today’s most powerful AI systems. Warren had invited Huang to sp

Baidu’s latest push into artificial intelligence hardware marks a significant step in China’s drive toward technological self-sufficiency as geopolitical tensions continue to reshape the global chip landscape. At its annual developer conference, the company unveiled two new AI processors, the M100 and M300, positioned as powerful, low-cost, domestically controlled alternatives for Chinese enterprises seeking to reduce reliance on U.S. technology. The M100, designed primarily