Chinese AI labs are training models on Nvidia's Blackwell despite export controls, says ex-OpenAI engineer

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Chinese AI labs are training models on Nvidia's Blackwell despite export controls, says ex-OpenAI engineer

Why it’s here: Reports forensic evidence that Chinese AI labs used export-controlled Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, directly tied to US chip export control policy and pending congressional bills (AI Overwatch Act, Chip Security Act, Cloud Security Act).

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YesterdayThe RegisterChinese AI labs are training models on Nvidia's Blackwell despite export controls, says ex-OpenAI engineerAn independent forensic study of published model weights reports that six recent Chinese AI models show a Blackwell GPU initialization fingerprint, suggesting access to export-controlled NVIDIA chips, though it does not establish location, acquisition, or legal violation.
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1. 3d agoUnemployment LabsEarliestTop Chinese Frontier AI Models Carry the Fingerprint of Export-Controlled NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
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