Leak claims DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax and Ant trained on banned NVIDIA Blackwell chips
shyamalanadkat · x · 2026-11-13
Will Depue claims to have found "conclusive forensic evidence" that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group built their newest models on NVIDIA's most advanced Blackwell chips, which are barred from export to China — an unverified personal claim.
His method: he says nearly every AI model carries a hidden signature of the GPU that trained it, allowing training hardware to be inferred from model characteristics. OpenAI DevRel lead Shyamal Anadkat reacted with a "incredible work" nod.
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