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Today, 08:30 AM
Is Singapore a Smuggling HUB?
"When DeepSeek R1 exploded onto the scene, experts wondered how the Chinese startup had managed to train its LLM so cheaply. They were also puzzled by the company’s apparent hoard of Nvidia GPUs, exports of which to China have been severely sanctioned by a US keen to retain its AI dominance. Now eyes in Washington are turning to Singapore, and an apparent discrepancy over Nvidia’s sales and revenues in the country, which could signal sanctions-busting by the island nation."
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ch...d%20nation.
"When DeepSeek R1 exploded onto the scene, experts wondered how the Chinese startup had managed to train its LLM so cheaply. They were also puzzled by the company’s apparent hoard of Nvidia GPUs, exports of which to China have been severely sanctioned by a US keen to retain its AI dominance. Now eyes in Washington are turning to Singapore, and an apparent discrepancy over Nvidia’s sales and revenues in the country, which could signal sanctions-busting by the island nation."
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ch...d%20nation.
