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Could Nvidia scandal put Malaysia’s AI boom in US crosshairs?

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

A scandal involving Nvidia founder Jensen Huang and an alleged Chinese spy is putting Malaysia’s booming data centre industry in Washington’s crosshairs, as US lawmakers demand tighter controls on advanced artificial intelligence chips. Malaysia is among the Southeast Asian economies facing potential fallout from the controversy surrounding Singapore-based Nvidia chip buyer Megaspeed and its Malaysian subsidiary Speedmatrix, amid concerns that American technology may have been diverted to...

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