U.S. lawmakers claim DeepSeek uses “tens of thousands of chips” and urge Nvidia to provide sales information (11:48) – 20250417 – Instant Financial News [Chinese (Traditional)]

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A U.S. congressional committee has raised serious concerns about DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, suggesting it poses a significant national security threat. The committee claims that DeepSeek has deep connections with Chinese government interests and may be using thousands of computer chips potentially obtained by circumventing U.S. export controls.

The investigation revealed that DeepSeek reportedly uses tens of thousands of computer processors, with at least 60,000 NVIDIA processors in its possession. The committee is particularly worried about the company's data practices, alleging that the AI application sends user data back to China and potentially creates security vulnerabilities for its users.

In response to these concerns, the congressional committee has requested detailed information from NVIDIA about chip sales to Asian countries since 2020. They are specifically interested in understanding how these advanced technological components might be used. NVIDIA has stated that they strictly follow government export restrictions, while the Chinese embassy has dismissed the committee's claims as unfounded.

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