Jan 28 (Reuters) - China has given the green light to three of its largest tech companies to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a shift in position as Beijing seeks to balance its AI needs against spurring domestic development.

China conditionally approves DeepSeek H200 chip purchase as Nvidia awaits official notification and final regulatory terms from Beijing.

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The H200 is Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI processor and is widely used for training large language models and other advanced artificial intelligence systems.