Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly told the Financial Times on Wednesday that "China is going to win the AI race," only to release a notably softer statement soon after.

The prolific tech leader was speaking on the sidelines of the FT's Future of AI Summit, where he warned that China would beat the U.S. in artificial intelligence thanks to lower energy costs and looser regulations.

The comments, which CNBC could not verify independently, would represent Huang's starkest warning yet that the U.S. is at risk of losing its global lead in advanced AI technologies.

However, several hours after the FT published its report, Nvidia issued a separate statement from Jensen on an official X account.

"As I have long said, China is nanoseconds behind America in AI. It's vital that America wins by

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