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To: Les H who wrote (49369)12/10/2025 1:51:13 PM
From: Les H   of 49712
 
Nvidia responds to report that China’s DeepSeek is using its banned Blackwell AI chips
Published Wed, Dec 10 20259:45 AM ESTUpdated 53 Min Ago

Ashley Capoot @/in/ashley-capoot/

Key Points

  • Nvidia rebutted a report that the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has been using smuggled Blackwell chips to develop its upcoming model.
  • “We haven’t seen any substantiation,” a Nvidia spokesperson said in a statement.
  • The Information reported that DeepSeek is using Blackwell chips that were snuck into the country.


Nvidia on Wednesday responded to a report that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has been using smuggled Blackwell chips to develop its upcoming model.

The U.S. has banned the export of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips, which are considered the company’s most advanced offerings, to China in an effort to stay ahead in the AI race.

DeepSeek is reportedly using chips that were snuck into the country without authorization, according to The Information.

“We haven’t seen any substantiation or received tips of ‘phantom datacenters’ constructed to deceive us and our OEM partners, then deconstructed, smuggled, and reconstructed somewhere else,” a Nvidia spokesperson said in a statement. “While such smuggling seems farfetched, we pursue any tip we receive.”

Nvidia addresses report that China's DeepSeek is using Blackwell chips

My guess is China can get around the export ban by downloading their models to remote computers in other countries and running the suite of their software on the servers against the models.
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