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Researchers allege DeepSeek, Kimi, and other Chinese AI models were trained using banned Nvidia Blackwell GPUs


Researchers pinpoint that DeepSeek, Kimi, and other Chinese AI models were trained on export-controlled Nvidia Blackwell chips — statistical analysis on model weights reveals high correlation to Nvidia hardware

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