Chinese university bought advanced Nvidia chips despite US curbs

BEIJING – A Chinese university with close ties to the country’s defence bodies recently bought advanced AI chips made by tech giant Nvidia, procurement notices show, despite stringent US controls. China and the United States are locked in a fierce competition for supremacy in the strategic and rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence, and Nvidia’s market-leading products have become a major point of contention. The findings come as the California-based firm is embroiled in crisis following revelations that co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang may have been caught up in a Chinese espionage operation, sending its shares tumbling. Northwestern Polytechnical University…