US EditionDid Nvidia Chip Help Chinese Military Boost Its AI Power? US Lawmaker Points to DeepSeek Link
Representative John Moolenaar says Nvidia provided technical support and hardware to Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, whose models were later used by China’s military, based on 2024 documents.
- On Wednesday, Representative John Moolenaar wrote to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick alleging Nvidia helped China’s DeepSeek hone AI models later used by the Chinese military, with documents covering Nvidia activities from 2024.
- DeepSeek shook markets last year with AI models rivaling top US offerings while Nvidia’s China-market H800 chip sold there before export controls, and earlier this month the Trump administration approved Nvidia H200 sales with military use restrictions.
- Nvidia records said `optimised co-design of algorithms, frameworks, and hardware` helped DeepSeek‑V3 achieve major training efficiency gains, requiring only 2.788M H800 GPU hours, less than US frontier-scale models.
- Moolenaar warned that licensing must be strictly enforced, saying if firms cannot rule out military use, rigorous restrictions and enforcement are essential; the US Commerce Department did not immediately respond and Nvidia said it 'makes no sense' for the Chinese military to depend on American technology.
- At the time Nvidia provided help there was no public indication DeepSeek’s technology served China’s military, even as ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent can buy more than 400,000 H200 chips.
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Nvidia aided DeepSeek AI models used by China’s military, lawmaker says | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
SAN FRANCISCO >> U.S. chipmaker Nvidia helped China’s DeepSeek hone artificial intelligence models that were later used by the Chinese military, the chairman of a U.S. House of Representatives committee said in a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
DeepSeek has connections with the military. That was not clear at the time of the cooperation.
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Times of IndiaNvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by China's military, lawmaker says
Nvidia's support to DeepSeek raised US concerns over AI models potentially aiding China's military capabilities amid export restrictions.
Did Nvidia chip help Chinese military boost its AI power? US lawmaker points to DeepSeek link
Rep John Moolenar wrote a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said documents obtained by the committee from Nvidia showed the achievement came after extensive technical assistance from the chipmaker
The GPU giant would have provided crucial assistance to DeepSeek on some IA models. Models then adopted by the Chinese army.
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