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Nvidia on Wednesday responded to a report that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has been using smuggled Blackwell chips to develop its upcoming model.

The U.S. has banned the export of Nvidia's Blackwell chips, which are considered the company's most advanced offerings, to China in an effort to stay ahead in the AI race.

DeepSeek is reportedly using chips that were snuck into the country without authorization, according to The Information .

"We haven't seen any substantiation or received tips of 'phantom data centers' constructed to deceive us and our [original equipment manufacturer] partners, then deconstructed, smuggled and reconstructed somewhere else," an Nvidia spokesperso

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