US Clarifies AI Chip Export Loophole

The U.S. Commerce Department https://www.bis.gov/media/documents/bis-guidance-may-31-2026.pdf">issued guidance on Sunday saying Chinese companies still need licences to buy advanced US AI chips, even when they try to do it through an overseas offshoot.

The move shuts a potential workaround that let Chinese firms source powerful US AI chips through their ...