[Using NVIDIA Chips as Leverage, U.S. Facilitates Peace Agreement Between Armenia and Azerbaijan] Odaily Planet Daily News: According to sources involved in the negotiations, U.S. negotiators used the promise of access to NVIDIA (NVDA.O) artificial intelligence chips to help facilitate a preliminary peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan last year. A previously unreported detail is that the U.S. expanded chip procurement approval permissions specifically for Armenia's data center project to encourage its participation in the negotiations. This move has become one of the most striking examples to date of what U.S. officials call '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 publicly disclosed instance of such measures being used to broker a peace deal. The agreement further deepens the White House's ties with the world's largest chip manufacturer. (Wall Street Journal)