Nvidia CEO Warns That Chinese AI Rivals Have Become ‘Formidable'
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said that Chinese AI rivals are filling the void left by the departure of US companies from that market, and their technology is becoming more powerful.
'The Chinese competitors have evolved,' he said Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Huawei Technologies Co., a Chinese tech company blacklisted by the US government, has become 'quite formidable,' he said.
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