US EditionMalaysia trade ministry probing reports of Chinese firm's use of Nvidia AI chips
- Malaysia's trade ministry has started an investigation into allegations that Chinese engineers bypassed US chip restrictions by renting data centers with high-end Nvidia chips to train AI models.
- The investigation could hinder Malaysia's tariff negotiations with the US, which has restricted China's access to high-end chips through third nations.
- The ministry is verifying these claims while advising companies to follow unilateral export controls and avoid secondary sanctions on their businesses.
- A team of four Chinese engineers allegedly arrived in Malaysia with hard drives containing 80 terabytes of data for training an AI model.
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Malaysia Probes Reports of Chinese Firm Using Nvidia Chips to Train AI Models
Malaysia’s government said on June 18 that it is investigating media reports that a Chinese company used servers equipped with Nvidia AI chips in the country to train large language models. The Malaysian Trade Ministry said in a statement that it was “verifying the matter with relevant agencies if any domestic law or regulation has been breached,” without identifying the specific media reports that triggered the probe. The ministry said that suc…
(Hanoi = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = A Chinese company is evading US semiconductor export controls by leasing a data center in Malaysia, and is using Nvidia's artificial intelligence...
Malaysia trade ministry probing reports of Chinese firm's use of Nvidia AI chips
Malaysia's trade ministry is verifying media reports that a Chinese company in the country is using servers equipped with Nvidia and artificial intelligence chips for large language models training, it said on Wednesday.
Malaysia's data centres unlikely affected by Nvidia chips uproar
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s fast-growing data centre industry remains on track despite reports that Chinese firms may be using servers with Nvidia chips in the country to train AI models, MIDF Research said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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Malaysia's trade ministry is verifying media reports that a Chinese company in the country is using servers equipped with Nvidia and artificial intelligence chips for large language models training, it said on Wednesday.
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