U.S. officials are investigating whether Chinese artificial intelligence startup 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:DeepSeek skirted American export restrictions on advanced chip sales and bought advanced Nvidia (NVDA) semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

DeepSeek’s success has come despite U.S. 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:export controls on cutting-edge chips to China.

Investopedia has not independently confirmed the investigation. The FBI was not immediately available for comment Friday morning. DeepSeek didn’t immediately reply t💝o an email seeking comment.

DeepSeek 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:rattled markets earlier this week following its release of a super-efficient R1 model at a fraction of the cost of AI models of U.S. rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. OpenAI said 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Wednesday that it is probing whether DeepSeek improperly used its 💧data to launch R1. 

Nvidia Insists Customers Comply With Laws

Nvidia said it makes sure its custoꦫmers adhere to regulations.

“Many of our customers have business entities in Singapore and use those entities for products destined for the U.S. and the west,” a Nvidia spokesperson said in a statement to Investopedia. “We insist that our par🥀tners comply with all applicable laws, and if we receive any information to the contrary, act accordingly.”

The company also said its revenue “associated with Singa𝄹pore does not indicate diversion to China.”

“Our public filings report 'bill to' not 'ship to' locations of our customers,” the spokesperson said.