Man arrested in U.S. over alleged $300M Nvidia AI server smuggling scheme to China
AIFlow_ML · x · 2026-10-03
Per WhaleInsider, a man was arrested in the U.S. over an alleged scheme to smuggle $300 million worth of Nvidia AI servers into China — a striking sign of how large the gray market for high-end AI compute under export controls has become. The original poster quipped about not sourcing "that one" from Taiwan.
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