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U.S. Warns DeepSeek Aids China in Chip Evasion

6/27/2025

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U.S. officials are raising alarms over DeepSeek, an AI firm accused of helping China's military evade export controls on Nvidia's cutting-edge chips. Allegedly, DeepSeek employed shell companies in Southeast Asia to obtain H100 chips and funnel sensitive data to state surveillance. Meanwhile, Nvidia denies any ties to DeepSeek's chip acquisitions, as Malaysia probes the potential misuse of Nvidia servers.

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U.S. officials are raising alarms over DeepSeek, an AI firm accused of helping China's military evade export controls on Nvidia's cutting-edge chips. Allegedly, DeepSeek employed shell companies in Southeast Asia to obtain H100 chips and funnel sensitive data to state surveillance. Meanwhile, Nvidia denies any ties to DeepSeek's chip acquisitions, as Malaysia probes the potential misuse of Nvidia servers.