Two Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged by the US Department of Justice for illegally exporting millions of dollars’ worth of advanced artificial intelligence chips, including Nvidia H100 processors,

Two Chinese nationals in California were arrested and charged with illegally shipping tens of millions of dollars’ worth of AI chips to China, including Nvidia H100s, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Prosecutors say two men ‘knowingly and willfully’ used California-based company to evade export controls on AI chips.