US looking into whether DeepSeek bought Nvidia chips from Singapore companies: report
In 2023, the US imposed barriers to the export of advanced AI chips to China. Its latest set of rules have been expanded to most countries, including Singapore
THE United States is looking into whether Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek got around US export restrictions by buying Nvidia chips through companies in Singapore, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Jan 31), citing sources.
DeepSeek rose to prominence early this week when it soared to the top of Apple Store’s download charts, and caused a meltdown in US tech stocks.
Its model is said to be able to perform on a par with, or outperform, Open AI and other US AI models.
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