AI Chips Can Be Tracked Cheaply And Securely
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Despite what Nvidia’s lobbyists may say
Note: this post is longer than my 500-word quick takes normally the blog—the vast majority of the research courtesy of Sophie. This was partially our own attempt to understand whether any of the arguments against location-tracking were legitimate, and to explain, hopefully in understandable, not-super-technical terms, what we learned. Semiconductor chips are the lifeblood of AI companies and militaries. We should know where they are. A popular policy proposal is, therefore, to track their locations with a software update. This can curb rampant smuggling to China.1 Furthermore, for any…
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