US SUSPECTS NVIDIA CHIPS SMUGGLED TO ALIBABA VIA THAILAND
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US officials believe a Thai company central to the country's national AI initiative helped smuggle billions of dollars in advanced Nvidia chips to China. Alibaba is identified as one of multiple end customers for the illegally diverted Super Micro Computer servers.
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