According to CoinMeta, OpenAI has privately stated its support to U.S. congressmen this week for three bills aimed at restricting China's access to advanced AI chips and manufacturing equipment. This is not the first time OpenAI has supported chip restrictions against China. Last year, the company actively advocated for limiting U.S. companies from selling high-end chips to China, but later stopped pushing for stricter restrictions to Congress. OpenAI executives have been concerned that publicly supporting tighter chip exports to China would anger Jensen Huang and damage the partnership with NVIDIA. The three bills supported this time require enhanced chip tracking, restrictions on the supply of chip manufacturing equipment to China, and increased congressional scrutiny of exports of sensitive chips.