Nvidia denies China’s claim that its AI chips contain hidden kill switches or backdoors

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Nvidia has pushed back against China’s claims that its AI chips come with built-in kill switches or hidden backdoors. On Tuesday, the company’s Chief Security Officer, David Reber, wrote, “NVIDIA GPUs do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors,” in a blog post. The post followed a formal request from the Cyberspace Administration of China, which had asked Nvidia to submit documents related to potential vulnerabilities in its H20 chip, a GPU designed specifically for the Chinese marke...