NVIDIA seems to be trying to prevent the White House from forcibly installing location tracking technology in its AI chips.
President Trump’s adviser on technology affairs, Michael Crotos, told Bloomberg that the use of “software or physical changes” is being discussed to enable Newodia’s sophisticated AI chips to prevent a chip -based location in China.
However, on Tuesday, NVIDIA published a blog post titled “Nine backdoors. No total switch. No spyware.” It does not clearly call the proposed location tracking system. But the company fully recommends that the idea is flawed, and it cannot be implemented without a major change of hardware.
Nodia says, “Smartphone features such as ‘Find my phone’ or ‘Remote Wipe’ as GPU total switch model – this comparison is not water – the features of optional software, which are user -controlled, are not hardware backdoides.
It added that “tightening of a chip in a chip is quite different: a permanent flaws beyond the user’s control, and an open invitation for destruction,” adds. “This is like buying a car where dealership has a remote control for parking brakes – just when they decide that you shouldn’t driving.”
The company’s statement came a few days after the Chinese government summoned NVIDIA whether it had a backdoor in H20 GPU. Although NVIDIA denies this product, a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill in May to install the company’s location tracking system for advanced GPUs, including RTX 5090, when sold out of the country.
The Trump administration’s interest in tracking location is not good for NVIDIA business in China. Last month, the company obtained the White House approval to sell a declined AI GPU, H20, in the Chinese market, despite fears that it could support the country’s AI ambitions.
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He said, “The Department of Commerce says:” The Trump administration will consider any H20 license requests, which will account for both possible exports from the United States and potential exports, and the views of experts from the entire US government will be considered. ”
In the meantime, NVIDIA AI is calling for the use of ban on the United States while trying to stop smuggling of chip. “For decades, policymakers have harmonized the efforts of a safe, reliable hardware industry. Governments have many tools to protect nations, consumers and the economy. They should never deliberately weaken critical infrastructure.”
These tools include criminal complaints. The Justice Department today announced that two Chinese nationals have been arrested this week for exporting tens of millions of dollars worth of AI chips to China. The agency’s press release did not specify the chips, but Bloomberg says he is from Nvidia, including H100.
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