US probing whether DeepSeek got Nvidia AI chips through Singapore, other countries: Source


China’s DeepSeek last week launched a free assistant it says uses less data at a fraction of the cost of US models. - Reuters

NEW YORK: The US Commerce Department is looking into whether DeepSeek – the Chinese company whose AI model’s performance rocked the tech world – has been using US chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China, a person familiar with the matter said.

China’s DeepSeek last week launched a free assistant it says uses less data at a fraction of the cost of US models.

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