Reuters reports exclusively that a Chinese university linked to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) bought Nvidia H200 chips, although it is on a US blacklist. According to Reuters, these details emerge from records ("records show").
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If the details are confirmed, this would indicate that export controls for AI hardware do not reliably take effect. For German companies, this could mean that regulatory pressure and requirements for checking the origin of supply chains increase. Whether and to what extent this specifically applies cannot be conclusively assessed based on the available report alone. The full article was not accessible during this review; the statements rest on the Reuters preview.
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