Washington DC, Jan. 30 -- Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China sent a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick describing how Nvidia products were allegedly used by the Chinese Communist Party-backed artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek and subsequently acquired by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), as noted by the Select Committee on China (SCC) press release.

In the letter, Moolenaar explained that materials submitted to the committee showed Nvidia had provided technical assistance to an AI model that was later deployed within PLA systems, and he reiterated the importance of ensuring that exported chips are not used to enhance China's military capabilities.

In the letter, Moolenaar wrote that although Nvidi...