New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The US has approved exports worth billions of dollars of Nvidia chips to the United Arab Emirates, making it the first of its kind under the Donald Trump administration.

The Nvidia chip export approval comes as part of a deal between the US and the UAE that could serve as a blueprint for American AI statecraft but has been laden with controversy.

In a recent notification, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security issued the licenses to Nvidia to export under the terms of a bilateral AI agreement hashed out in May, Bloomberg reported quoting people familiar with the development.

Nvidia has however not secured permits to export for G42, which is partnering with OpenAI on a campus in the UAE's capital ...