A senior U.S. official claims Chinese AI startup DeepSeek trained its upcoming AI model on Nvidia's most advanced chip, the Blackwell, potentially violating export controls.

• The Blackwell chips are believed to be clustered at DeepSeek's data center in Inner Mongolia, China.
• Key entities involved include DeepSeek, Nvidia, and the U.S. government.
• This development fuels debate among U.S. policymakers regarding Chinese access to advanced American AI semiconductor chips.