AI giant Baidu shrugs off US chip export restrictions as having 'little impact'

Says sanctions could even accelerate China's drive for silicon self-sufficiency
Chinese AI and search giant Baidu has shrugged off the impact of the United States' ban on export of certain semiconductor technologies to the Middle Kingdom, saying it will not have any noteworthy effect on its AI business or autonomous driving operations, and may indeed accelerate China's drive for silicon self-sufficiency.…