--- title: OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports description: OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, Politico reports, after openly backing such limits for much of last year.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, Politico reports, after openly backing such limits for much of last year.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/f4pn4uhR5.png og:image:alt: OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, Politico reports, after openly backing such limits for much of last year. Congressional aides and lobbyists say the company has gone quiet as China hawks prepare to attach new chip restrictions to the defense spending bill after the midterms. The shift benefits Nvidia, which finalized a $30bn equity investment in OpenAI in February and agreed to be sole chip supplier for an Ohio data center, guaranteeing up to $105bn for its first phase. Anthropic has taken the opposite stance, backing several chip bills and quitting a trade group over the issue in September. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did OpenAI stop pushing for US chip export controls on China? Congressional aides and lobbyists told Politico that OpenAI has gone quiet on chip export limits it once openly supported, as there is 'no appetite to challenge the president' given Trump's close ties to Nvidia. OpenAI depends on Nvidia chips, which finalized a $30bn equity investment in OpenAI and guaranteed up to $105bn for an Ohio data center deal. _Anyone tracking AI chip policy shifts can follow the OpenAI-Nvidia-China story as it develops on daily.dev._ ### How does Anthropic's position on China chip export controls differ from OpenAI's? Anthropic backs several chip export control bills and quit a major tech trade group in September over its push to soften those bills, taking the opposite stance from OpenAI, which has gone quiet on the issue despite previously supporting such limits. _Developers comparing AI labs' policy stances can keep up with the Anthropic-OpenAI divide on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers](https://daily.dev/posts/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-is-pulling-back-from-openai-and-anthropic-but-his-explanation-raises-more--nu8imyffv) · TechCrunch · 84 upvotes · 13 comments - [OpenAI and Anthropic now out-lobby Nvidia in Washington](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-anthropic-now-out-lobby-nvidia-in-washington-itupuabx6) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Washington reportedly moves to put AI chips on tighter leash](https://daily.dev/posts/washington-reportedly-moves-to-put-ai-chips-on-tighter-leash-zkotdc3ok) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5"},"datePublished":"2026-10-20T15:23:08.357Z","dateModified":"2026-10-20T19:27:01.808Z","description":"OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, Politico reports, after openly backing such limits for much of last year....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/661a34ff573b8d2764e0a4c14d49f977?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/661a34ff573b8d2764e0a4c14d49f977?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,nvidia,ai-governance","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports-f4pn4uhr5#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did OpenAI stop pushing for US chip export controls on China?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Congressional aides and lobbyists told Politico that OpenAI has gone quiet on chip export limits it once openly supported, as there is 'no appetite to challenge the president' given Trump's close ties to Nvidia. 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