• BuckFutter@timeyak.com
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    So this is Treason, right? Wouldn’t this count as a crime under ITAR as these chips are likely used for AI in military applications? Or is that a stretch?

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    Apparently Nvidia’s most effective export control is controlling which government office gets to investigate its exports. A chip smuggling probe gets bounced between agencies while the CEO’s personal entanglements loom over it. At this point, the real national security vulnerability might be the revolving door.

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    I mean gamers nexus I am pretty sure covered this a year ago in their GPU black market video? And I don’t think that was breaking news from them it was just reported on because they were seen together regularly? So it’s not like people didn’t know. And we all saw them be buddy buddy, and we all know Trump loves corruption so I mean none of this is a surprise?

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      There was an article just yesterday about how Trump threatened an unnamed AI CEO that they should be very careful and think about their kids and wife…