00:00The U.S. has charged three people with smuggling at least 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in AI tech
00:06to China, violating U.S. export controls.
00:09Of the three defendants, two are Taiwanese nationals and one of them is on the run.
00:14All three are associated with American tech firm Supermicro.
00:18The U.S. Justice Department says they were involved in illegally shipping U.S.-made servers to China via Taiwan and
00:25Southeast Asia.
00:26The U.S. has not said what chips were sent to China in the scheme.
00:30But Reuters reports that China received banned chips from market leader NVIDIA in 2024, in part through Supermicro servers.
00:39NVIDIA says compliance with export controls is a top priority for the company.
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