At least $1 billion in NVIDIA AI chips smuggled into China
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An investigation has revealed that $1 billion worth of restricted NVIDIA AI GPUs were smuggled into China over a three-month period.
The Commerce Department allows Nvidia to sell H20 AI chips to China despite security concerns, and experts are divided on the U.S. technological advantage.
China will spearhead the creation of an international organization to jointly develop AI, the country’s premier told the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Saturday.
NVIDIA GB200 AI servers are somehow being smuggled into China, even after CEO Jensen Huang says they weigh two tons and can't get there.
Nvidia has cautioned against using unauthorized chips in data centers. This follows reports of AI chip smuggling into China. Chinese firms are finding
Nvidia recently became the first company to reach a $4 trillion market valuation, driven by its near-monopoly in AI chip technology.
Despite a U.S. export ban, Chinese firms are secretly repairing hundreds of smuggled Nvidia AI chips each month.