The American company Nvidia has created one of the world’s most sought-after inventions: a computer chip that powers artificial intelligence. Amid concerns that the technology could help China modernize its military, however, the United States has tried to control the export of the chips. Ana Swanson, who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times, discusses her investigation into the escalating war over the technology. Guest: Ana Swanson, who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times.
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From the New York Times, I'm Katrin Benhold, and this is the daily the american company Nvidia has created one of the most sought after inventions in the world today, a computer chip that powers artificial intelligence.
But the company has been in an ongoing battle with the us government over its chips being sold in China.
Today, my colleague Anna Swanson, on her investigation into America's escalating war to control this crucial technology and how it may be losing that war.
Its Wednesday, September 4.
So Anna, its really hard to get into China these days as a journalist, but you were there recently on a mission to find something.
Tell us about that.
Yeah, so I traveled to China, actually with Secretary of State Tony Blinken when he went to China in April.
I'm a trade reporter, not a State Department reporter, but the State Department reporters were on spring break with their families, so I stepped in and gladly went on that trip.
There's been a lot of tension between China and the United States.
And the secretary of state was there on one of many recent missions to try to stabilize and manage this relationship.
But I had been working on this other story about technology that the United States has banned from going to China.
And I was really curious if it is available in China.
So I hopped on a train and I went to southern China, to a city called Shenzhen.
This is Shenzhen.