Chinese military has been acquiring Nvidia chips, even post-Washington export controls, research claims — multiple institutions linked to the PLA asked for Nvidia AI chips, according to publicly available documents
… In one specific instance, a cybersecurity unit sought Nvidia A100-powered AI servers for a password-cracking tool called hashcat. The White House first put export controls on AI chips in 2022, citing fears that the Chinese PLA was using them to advance its own military research. …