News Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GP...

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Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GP... : Read more

 

[SomeoneElse23]

I believe it's "try to evade" not "try and evade"?

 

[Konomi]

China will always find a way. Doesn't matter what roadblocks exist, if they want, they'll get somehow. What the US could do however, is just buy up and use the stock itself, but that'd no doubt result in them having more debt.

 

[Pierce2623]

Our review says blah blah. How would Nvidia know what GPUs Deep Seek had procured through shell companies?

 

[phead128]

US Senators have openly stated they want to ban open sourced AI models from China due to national security threat.

Do these dinosaurs in Congress know the meaning of open source models? This isn't like TikTok, you can't just ban Open source DeepSeek models.

 

[reflex25]

Bound to happen - high value, tiny components so $$$$$$'s worth can be smuggled in a briefcase.
Duty evasion is not new. Back in the 1960's a well-known British band used to tour the US and part of their act was to smash up their equipment on stage. At the time there was 100% purchase tax on electronics in the UK, whether domestic or imported. So the band would take out old tired guitars etc. on a carnet and then bring back brand-new kit purchased tax free in the USA.

 

[XdekHckr]

I can't believe. Imagine that some of these people in usa are in charge of banks, fintechs, payment processors