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H-1Bs have been widely used in the tech sector, and analysts say changes to the way they're issued, including a $100,000 fee per visa announced by the Trump administration in the fall, could be disruptive.
The DOJ says one man arrested in Texas pleaded guilty to smuggling and unlawful export activities.
Unsealed court documents show that from October 2024 to May of this year, the man allegedly exported or attempted to export at least $160 million worth of NVIDIA H100 and H200 chips.
Both are used in AI and other high-performance computing.
and both have been under export controls as part of U.S.
government efforts to help the United States retain its lead in AI.
The DOJ announced that two other men were also arrested on similar charges.
All three men could face steep fines and prison sentences of up to 10 or 20 years.
The news comes as President Trump says he's prepared to allow the sale of H-200 chips to China under conditions that, quote, allow for continued strong national security.
Perplexity, like other chatbots, can answer questions about pretty much anything, but the New York Times says it crawls the internet and steals Times content from behind its paywall to get some of those answers.
The Times says it has repeatedly asked Perplexity to end its unauthorized use of its content.
AI chatbots are trained on reams of data scraped from the internet, and it's been a huge source of controversy because some of that information is proprietary or private.
The Times lawsuit against Perplexity follows a similar suit two years ago against OpenAI.
Perplexity says in a statement, publishers have been suing new tech companies for years and it's never worked.
Google is targeting an enterprise it calls Lighthouse.
In a court filing, it describes it as a well-organized criminal group that creates and distributes software and support for would-be cyber criminals.