China Continues to Acquire Advanced AI Chips via Other Countries Despite New US Restrictions: Insiders

The Chinese regime not only smuggles AI chips and materials through other countries, but is also recruiting U.S. AI engineers, insiders said.

The logo of Nvidia Corp. is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 30, 2017. Tyrone Siu/Reuters File Photo

The Chinese communist regime continues to acquire advanced AI chips through other countries despite new guidance from the U.S. Department of Commerce to restrict its access, according to insiders within the Chinese regime’s system who spoke with The Epoch Times.

The U.S. ‌Department of Commerce and the department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued guidance on May 31 to enforce license requirements for advanced AI chips to entities headquartered in China when the entities were located outside China.