UAE rewarded with coveted AI chips for supporting US war in Iran

The change is likely to draw scrutiny because it rewards a country whose national-security adviser became a top business partner of the Trump family last year. The shift allows the country’s main AI company, G42, to buy chips freely from companies such as Nvidia for at least the next nine months. It removes limits on large U.S. companies including Microsoft and OpenAI that have planned data centers in the country. Those companies previously needed licenses approved by the Commerce Department to export chips needed to run AI models, a laborious process that can take months and is frequently delayed. The…