Amazon, Microsoft back effort to restrict Nvidia's exports to China, WSJ reports

(Reuters) -Amazon is joining Microsoft in backing legislation to further curb chipmaker Nvidia's ability to export chips to China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The legislation, known as the GAIN AI Act, is also backed by AI startup Anthropic, the report said. Short for Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence (GAIN), the Act was introduced as part of the National Defense Authorization Act and stipulates that AI chipmakers prioritize domestic orders for advanced processors before supplying them to foreign customers. Microsoft publicly came out in favor of the legislation, while officials at Amazon's cloud unit have privately told Senate staffers that they also support it, the report said. Meta Platforms