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US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China: Reuters
The U.S. government uses hidden trackers in AI chip shipments from companies like Nvidia and AMD to enforce export controls and prevent chip diversion to China.
- This month, U.S. authorities secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips, sources said, to detect diversions to China.
- In recent years, the United States has sought to limit chip exports to China, tracing organized AI chip smuggling via Malaysia, Singapore, and the UAE, sources said.
- Multiple agencies including the Bureau of Industry and Security, Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. Customs Service, executed a search warrant at a Houston airport to install a tracking device, sources said.
- Supply chain sources said they regularly inspect diverted shipments of AI chip servers for embedded trackers, and a third person saw images of removals from Dell and Super Micro servers.
- Amid Chinese criticism, the White House and U.S. Congress proposed requiring U.S. chip firms to include location verification technology to prevent diversion to China.
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US secretly places trackers in chip shipments to monitor illegal exports to China
The publication was not able to determine how often shipments were being tracked or when the operation began, but notes that the US started implementing various sales bans of advanced chips to China in 2022. The report did state that not all shipments are being tracked; only those that are...Read Entire Article
Washington is trying to stop or severely restrict the export of high-performance chips to China, and the authorities are probably also relying on certain tracking devices.
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- 38% of the sources are Center, 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
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C 38%
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