DeepSeek withholds its flagship AI model from Nvidia and AMD, giving Chinese firms a head start, raising concerns over US export controls.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has withheld its upcoming flagship model from US chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, breaking industry practice ahead of a major update, reports Reuters.
Sources indicate that Chinese chipmakers, including Huawei, were given several weeks' head start to optimize the software for their processors. The model was expected to be released around the Chinese New Year holiday.
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that the model was trained on Nvidia's most advanced chip, Blackwell, using a cluster in mainland China, in a move that appears to violate US export controls.
