News & Reviews:   US Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department is reportedly looking into whether Chinese firm DeepSeek used restricted AI chips from Nvidia to develop its ground-breaking open-source AI model. Furthermore, the department suspects that DeepSeek may have used smuggled AI chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China.

It's been a tough few months for Huawei getting caught in the trade war, but here's some good news for the China tech company. According to sources, they have been granted a license by Microsoft to export their software. This is due to the recent ban lift extension by the US Commerce Department this week, giving them another 90 days.