Posted Jul 22, 2026 at 5:06 PM UTCEExternal LinkChina’s Moonshot trained its AI model on a restricted Nvidia chip, White House claims.Michael Kratsios, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director, writes on X that Moonshot accessed Nvidia’s high-end GB300 processors in Thailand, which are subject to strict export controls. Kratsios also accuses Moonshot of distilling Anthropic’s Fable AI model to build Kimi K3, an open-source AI system claimed to rival flagship models from US companies.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma Roth
China’s Moonshot trained its AI model on a restricted Nvidia chip, White House claims.
Michael Kratsios, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director, writes on X that Moonshot accessed Nvidia’s high-end GB300 processors in Thailand, which are subject to strict export controls. Kratsios also accuses Moonshot of distilling Anthropic’s Fable AI model to build Kimi K3, an open-source AI system claimed to rival flagship models from US companies. [Link: White House Official Says Moonshot Accessed Banned Nvidia Chips | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/white-house-official-says-moonshot-accessed-banned-nvidia-chips?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDczNTc4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzg1MzQwNTg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSUtZUkRUOTZPU0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4OUM4OTNDMDhGOTQ0NThDQkQwQTQyREY1RDFCOTY0QyJ9.XwzPbtB7Ej5w2s9ZRaOtp1uLM-qZ54qFpd3QCMH2YvY | Bloomberg]
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