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Former OpenAI researcher says he found Nvidia Blackwell fingerprints hidden inside six Chinese AI models

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Former OpenAI researcher says he found Nvidia Blackwell fingerprints hidden inside six Chinese AI models

The Decoder · Nov 13, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC

Former OpenAI researcher Will DePue says he has produced the first technical evidence that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax, and Ant Group are using Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPUs despite US export controls. His forensic method reads characteristic chip signatures directly from published model weights.…