Unconfirmed: The Information said on 3 November in a post on X1 that OpenAI may have softened its stance on advanced AI chip exports to China over concern about angering Nvidia, a claim Automatica has not confirmed.
The post says reporter @_pheebini "discusses internal questions" about OpenAI's export-control policy and its relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. It carries an unattributed first-person quote: "We've maybe softened some of our stances on export controls, maybe for fear of angering Nvidia and specifically its CEO, Jensen Huang." The post does not say who is speaking.
The evidence stops there. The speaker is unidentified, and the linked full report was not reviewed. No policy text or before-and-after position is shown, and neither OpenAI nor Nvidia has commented in the material available.
What would confirm or undercut the claim is straightforward. An on-record statement from OpenAI or Nvidia, or the underlying report's sourcing and primary documents showing a change in position, would bear on it. A public denial, or documentation showing no change, would weigh against it. None of these appears in the available material.
The account has about 1.6 million followers, and the post had four likes and two reposts at retrieval. Engagement is not verification.
Automatica has covered related claims, none independently confirmed. On 3 November we reported on an @theinformation post3 alleging OpenAI stayed quiet on Nvidia's China chip sales to protect hardware access. On 4 November, after the post above, we reported on a Techmeme post2 claiming Nvidia's influence shaped OpenAI's public stance on China chip exports. The evidence does not show when that Techmeme post was published.