By Trevor Hunnicutt, Karen Freifeld and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and the CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang discussed DeepSeek - the Chinese company whose AI model's performance rocked the tech world - and tightening AI chip exports during their meeting at the White House on Friday,

Republican John Moolenaar and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who lead the House Select Committee on China, asked for the move as part of a Commerce and State Department-led review ordered by President Donald Trump to scrutinize the U.S. export control system in light of "developments involving strategic adversaries."

Nvidia on Monday said Chinese AI firm DeepSeek's advances show the usefulness of its chips for the Chinese market and that more of its chips will be needed in the future to meet demand for DeepSeek's services.

The Commerce Department has launched a probe into whether Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek obtained restricted Nvidia chips through Singapore, reports say.

President Trump will meet with the CEO of chipmaking powerhouse Nvidia on Friday as the White House reportedly mulls tightening chip exports to China, a White House official confirmed to The Hill.

Two US lawmakers are urging tighter export controls on Nvidia's AI chips, fearing China's growing AI capabilities. Their concerns stem from reports that a Chinese firm used these chips — currently outside the scope of U.