US Clamps Down on AI Chip Exports to China. Will It Work This Time? | THRESHOLD

Recent week’s Sci&Tech trends in China:

1. The new US export controls immediately restricting NVIDIA’s top AI chips abruptly end 30-day procurement ‘window period’ viewed as a final opportunity by industry, abruptly disrupting domestic AI development and expediting China’s shift to local alternatives as it works to bolster independent chip production.

2. China Plans world’s largest Underwater Telescope to Detect Ghostly Neutrinos

3. Seasonal shifts in super typhoons caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions