How U.S. efforts to keep China from Nvidia’s fastest chips may have backfired

DeepSeek’s rattling of the artificial intelligence market has been several years in the making, with analysts viewing the Chinese company’s shocking advance in the field as an unintended consequence of U.S. trade policy. Starting under the Biden administration in 2022, the U.S. has imposed export controls to keep China from accessing high-performance semiconductors, primarily from Nvidia . The intention was to keep a technological edge in artificial intelligence and supercomputer-related technologies. In response, China started creating its own, cheaper chips that came to fruition with DeepSeek, which recently drew attention for its ability to replicate AI functions at a much…