NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang warned shareholders that attempts to build artificial intelligence data centers with smuggled chips are a “dead end,” saying the company provides no support or repairs for such products.
Huang made the remarks during the shareholder Q&A segment of NVIDIA’s June 24 annual stockholder meeting webcast.
“National security is first and foremost,” Huang said. “Where commercial opportunities conflict with U.S. national security, national security comes first.”
NVIDIA “complies with U.S. export controls” and works with partners’ legal and compliance teams as well as law enforcement, Huang said. He said the company’s compliance efforts have “repeatedly stopped would-be smugglers.”…
NVIDIA CEO Says Using Smuggled AI Chips for Data Centers Is a ‘Dead End’
