United States has blocked a $7 billion AI deal between Oracle and Chinese tech giant Tencent. 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 5 year contract would have given Tencent access to one hundred thousand advanced American AI chips through Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia. It would have been Tencent’s largest overseas computing lease. US officials raised national security concerns, and Oracle cancelled the deal. It’s the second major US move against Chinese AI access this week.