Nvidia claps back against Chinese accusations its H20 chips pose a security risk

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Chip giant Nvidia

pushed back Sunday in response to allegations from Chinese state media that its H20 artificial intelligence chips are a national security risk for China.

Earlier in the day, Reuters reported Yuyuan Tantian, an account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, said in an article published on WeChat that the Nvidia H20 chips are not technologically advanced or environmentally friendly.

“When a type of chip is neither environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe, as consumers, we certainly have the option not to buy it,” the Yuyuan Tantian article reportedly said, adding that the article said chips could achieve functions including “remote shutdown” through a hardware “backdoor.”