# The Export Control Paradox: How Americas Chip Ban Made China Faster and Left the Pentagon Scrambling

- slug: the-export-control-paradox-how-americas-chip-ban-made-china-faster-and-left-the-pentagon-scrambl
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Artificial Intelligence

The Pentagon is negotiating to acquire a frontier AI model it successfully argued should be kept off defense contracts. Meanwhile, US chip controls meant to slow China may have done the opposite.

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