“U.S. Considers New Curbs on AI Chip Exports to China: Restrictions Come amid Concerns That China Could Use AI Chips from Nvidia and Others for Weapon Development and Hacking”, Asa Fitch, Yuka Hayashi, John D. McKinnon2023-06-27 (AI hardware)⁠:

The new restrictions being contemplated by the department would ban the sale of even NVIDIA A800 chips without a license, according to the people familiar with the matter.

…The administration is also considering restricting leasing of cloud services to Chinese AI companies, which have used such arrangements to skirt the export bans on advanced chips, some the people familiar with the discussions say.

The timing of the rule’s rollout is still uncertain, as chip makers continue to push the administration to forgo or ease the new restrictions. The administration is likely to wait until after a visit to China by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in early July to avoid angering Beijing, according to a source familiar with the situation.