利用英伟达芯片承诺，美国促成亚美尼亚与阿塞拜疆和平协议

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to sources familiar with the negotiations, U.S. negotiators leveraged promises of access to Nvidia (NVDA.O) AI chips to help broker a preliminary peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan last year. One previously unreported detail is that, to encourage Armenia to participate in the talks, the U.S. expanded chip procurement approval authority specifically for its data center projects. This move has become one of the most striking examples to date of what U.S. officials have dubbed "chip diplomacy." Although the Trump administration had previously used AI hardware in negotiations with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the Armenia agreement marks the first instance in which this administration publicly employed such tactics to facilitate a peace deal. The agreement has further deepened the relationship between the White House and the world's largest chipmaker. (The Wall Street Journal)