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US Embeds Trackers in AI Chip Shipments to Catch Diversions, Chinese Media Claims
- U.S. officials have covertly inserted tracking devices into shipments of advanced AI chips to monitor and prevent their unauthorized rerouting to China as part of efforts to enforce export restrictions.
- These measures follow U.S. export restrictions on advanced chips imposed since 2022 to limit China’s military modernization amid intensifying tech competition and trade frictions.
- In January 2024, enforcement agents intercepted Dell server shipments containing Nvidia chips with hidden trackers and installed devices after search warrants, targeting smuggling routes through several countries.
- China's cyberspace regulator summoned Nvidia last month over security concerns about potential backdoors in its H20 AI chips, which Nvidia repeatedly denies, stating its products comply with U.S. regulations and contain no backdoors.
- The covert tracking approach highlights the U.S. commitment to enforcing export controls, while Chinese officials criticize these efforts as suppressive surveillance tactics amid ongoing trade and technology disputes.
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Chinese state media calls U.S. a ‘surveillance empire’ over trackers in chip shipments
The United States’ practice of installing location trackers in chip shipments at risk of diversion to China reflects the “instincts of a surveillance empire,” China’s state-run media outlet Xinhua said in a commentary published on Friday.Read MoreThe post Chinese state media calls U.S. a ‘surveillance empire’ over trackers in chip shipments first appeared on The Who Dat Daily.
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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
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