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TNB Tech Minute: U.S. to Rescind AI Chip Export Rule

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Uber swings to a profit. And Cisco announces a new quantum chip and lab facility. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Wednesday, May 7th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

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We exclusively report that the Trump administration plans to overhaul its artificial intelligence chip export controls following industry backlash.

0:16.2

A rule that would limit many countries' access to AI chips was set to take effect on May 15th.

0:21.9

A spokeswoman said the Commerce Department plans to rescind the rule, which imposed caps on

0:26.5

how many chips could go to countries like India, Switzerland, Mexico, and Israel.

0:31.1

The move would give companies like NVIDIA a potential reprieve from tight export controls.

0:37.1

Uber today reported a profit of $1.78 billion for the

0:41.5

first quarter, a turnaround from last year when it posted a loss of $654 million. Revenue rose

0:49.3

17% to more than $11.5 billion, short of Wall Street's forecasts. Gross bookings rose 14% to

0:57.7

nearly $43 billion, and the company forecast bookings for the second quarter in a range between

1:03.9

45 and 3 quarters and 47 and a quarter billion. shares closed down 2.5%. And Cisco says it's created a new quantum chip in

1:15.3

collaboration with UC Santa Barbara. The chip is designed to scale quantum networks and connect

1:21.3

quantum processors. Cisco said it works with existing fiber optic infrastructure and consumes

1:27.1

less than one milliwatt of power. The company also said it works with existing fiber-optic infrastructure and consumes less than one

1:27.9

milliwatt of power. The company also said it's opened a quantum lab in Santa Monica, California,

1:34.4

where researchers will continue work on the new chip. For a deeper dive into what's happening

1:39.3

in tech, check out tomorrow's Tech News Briefing podcast.

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