{"id":49810,"date":"2025-07-31T10:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/49810\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:29:06","slug":"chinas-cyberspace-regulator-summons-nvidia-to-explain-h20-chips-back-door-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/49810\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s cyberspace regulator summons Nvidia to explain H20 chip\u2019s \u2018back-door\u2019 risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s cyberspace regulator has summoned <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/nvidia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nvidia<\/a> to explain whether its H20 chips have any \u201cback-door safety\u201d risks, casting a shadow over the US chip giant\u2019s local operations.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the agency responsible for cybersecurity, said in a statement on Thursday that it had summoned and interviewed Nvidia regarding the risks associated with the potential tracking and remote control functions of its H20 chips. The regulator requested that the company provide explanations and relevant proof concerning those issues.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The CAC said its inquiry was based on recent reports of \u201cserious security issues\u201d involving Nvidia\u2019s chips, and demands from US lawmakers to add tracking features to advanced chips. Moreover, US artificial intelligence experts have indicated that remote control technologies related to Nvidia\u2019s chips have matured.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The CAC did not specify the sources of that information.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A bipartisan group of US lawmakers in May introduced a bill that would require makers of AI processors, including Nvidia, to incorporate technology verifying the location of their chips prior to export. The proposal aimed to tackle reports of US export-controlled AI chips being smuggled into China. But Nvidia has never publicly said that its H20 chips have such tracking functions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Shares of the company rose 1.9 per cent in pre-market trading on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s cyberspace regulator has summoned Nvidia to explain whether its H20 chips have any \u201cback-door safety\u201d risks, casting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[38572,550,28,38577,144,38580,38573,38576,38581,11379,4321,38575,38579,38578,25,38574],"class_list":["post-49810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-ai-chip-manufacturers","tag-beijing","tag-business","tag-cambricon-technologies","tag-china","tag-chinese-users","tag-cyberspace-administration-of-china","tag-h20-chips","tag-huawei-technologies","tag-jensen-huang","tag-nvidia","tag-reuters","tag-taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-company","tag-taiwanese-american","tag-us","tag-us-lawmakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}