A researcher at Al Jazeera analyzed that the United States' attempts to slow China's progress in artificial intelligence (AI) through economic restrictions might backfire. The article cited NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who called chip export controls a "failure" that has cost American companies billions of dollars. The analysis suggests that China is not only investing in domestic alternatives but also optimizing AI model architectures, improving training efficiency, and seeking loopholes to circumvent US export controls. Furthermore, rare earth supply is also a significant leverage point for China against the United States.