Bill Gates said on 27 September that unregulated AI could "cause a billion deaths" and called for federal regulation in the US. Europe's tech industry spent the same week arguing the opposite: that the doomsday framing is getting in the way of actual security work.
Nvidia publicly attacked Anthropic on Thursday over US chip export policy, as restrictions known as the AI Diffusion Rule are set to take effect on May 15. The dispute centres on how far Washington should go in limiting Chinese access to advanced AI chips.
The EU AI Act's obligations for general-purpose AI models are due to land on 2 August, according to the European Commission's AI Office, but the bloc's bid to set the global standard for AI rules is running into a funding gap and a shortage of scaleups.
China's Ministry of Commerce opened a month-long public consultation on 2 January 2025 over changes to its catalogue of technologies banned or restricted for export, including tighter controls on battery cathode material preparation and on processes for extracting gallium and lithium.
China now accounts for roughly 90 percent of the world's battery production, and its EV exports arrived in Australia in June aboard a single ship carrying 5000 cars. Here is how Beijing built that position, and what Washington is trying to do about it.
Chinese authorities are considering tighter export controls on AI and semiconductor technologies, the Financial Times reported on 21 July 2026, as Beijing moves to keep its most advanced models and chip designs at home.
US chip export controls have cost Nvidia a $4.5bn charge in a single quarter and cut its share of China's AI chip market from almost 95% to 50%, according to figures cited by NeuralWired and The Guardian.
China's technology exports are shifting from cheap hardware to open-weight AI models and battery supply chains. Washington's response has split Silicon Valley, the White House and US industry, according to a series of reports published over the past two months.
Chinese state support for open source software, batteries and electric cars has turned export controls into a race China says it can win, according to reporting from MIT Technology Review, The Guardian and RNZ.
The European Commission expects to finalise its rules for general-purpose AI models in July and bring the EU AI Act's key obligations into force on 2 August, even as industry figures warn that regulation and a funding gap are holding Europe back.
China's state-backed push into electric vehicles, open-source AI and battery supply chains is reshaping global tech markets. Washington's answer so far is a mix of bans, tariffs and open infighting.
Nvidia has accused Anthropic of telling "tall tales" about chip smuggling, in a rare public split over US export controls that are set to take effect on 15 May.
The EU AI Act's obligations for general-purpose AI models, due on 2 August, land in a market where European startups raised about $52bn in venture capital last year against $209bn for their US counterparts.
A single ship carrying 5,000 Chinese-built electric vehicles into Melbourne in June 2026 has become the clearest sign yet of how China's technology policy is reshaping markets from Australia to the White House.
BYD's electric vehicle sales in Australia jumped 124 percent in the first half of this year, while Chinese open-weight AI models and battery supply chains are forcing policy responses from Washington to Brussels.
China plans to add export controls on battery cathode material preparation technology and tighten curbs on gallium and lithium extraction, according to a Ministry of Commerce notice issued on 2 January 2025 that opened public consultation until 1 February.