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Chinese firms continue repairing and using banned Nvidia AI chips, raising concerns about potential hardware failures and legal non-compliance. Meanwhile, Chinese regulators are investigating Nvidia's H20 chips for possible security vulnerabilities, including back-door access, highlighting ongoing risks to data security and national infrastructure despite resumed chip exports.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article clearly involves AI systems (Nvidia GPUs used for AI training) and their use and repair in China despite legal bans, indicating development and use of AI systems under restricted conditions. However, there is no mention of any realized harm such as injury, rights violations, or operational disruption caused by these AI systems or their repair. The concerns raised are about potential future issues (e.g., failure of aging GPUs) and legal non-compliance, which aligns with a plausible risk scenario rather than an actual incident. Thus, this qualifies as an AI Hazard due to the plausible future harm from continued use of banned AI hardware and the risks associated with their failure and unauthorized use.[AI generated]