A new report claims that DeepSeek has illegally obtained and operated “several thousand” Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in the process of training and developing its newest large language model. According to coverage by data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1584492&xcust=tomshardware_us_1154524286135465734&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fdeepseek-using-banned-nvidia-chips-race-build-next-model%3Frc%3Dbdqvyp&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Ftech-industry%2Fartificial-intelligence%2Fnvidia-decries-far-fetched-reports-of-smuggling-in-face-of-deepseek-training-reports-unnamed-sources-claim-chinese-company-is-involved-in-blackwell-smuggling-ring” data-url=”https://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-using-banned-nvidia-chips-race-build-next-model?rc=bdqvyp” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” rel=”sponsored noopener” data-hl-processed=”skimlinks” data-google-interstitial=”false” data-placeholder-url=”https://go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1584492&xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fdeepseek-using-banned-nvidia-chips-race-build-next-model%3Frc%3Dbdqvyp&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Ftech-industry%2Fartificial-intelligence%2Fnvidia-decries-far-fetched-reports-of-smuggling-in-face-of-deepseek-training-reports-unnamed-sources-claim-chinese-company-is-involved-in-blackwell-smuggling-ring” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>The Information, six unnamed sources all claim DeepSeek’s involvement in a convoluted smuggling ring based around the use of fake data centers as fronts to move high-powered servers into mainland China, illegally circumventing U.S. sanctions on newer AI GPUs.
Sources close to the matter allege…
