Malaysia Probes Reports of Chinese Firm Using Nvidia Chips to Train AI Models

The Malaysian Trade Ministry said that companies have been advised to adhere to other countries’ export controls to avoid secondary sanctions.
Malaysia Probes Reports of Chinese Firm Using Nvidia Chips to Train AI Models
The logo of Nvidia Corporation during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 30, 2017. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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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.
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