Forensic analysis finds six open-weight models from Chinese firms carry Blackwell GPU fingerprints
A forensic analysis by Unemployment Labs of publicly released AI models found that six open-weight models from DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax, and Ant Group, released since April, carry fingerprints of export-controlled Blackwell GPUs. The findings suggest these models may have been trained on hardware subject to US export restrictions.
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Will DePue / Unemployment Labs : Analysis of open weights: six models from DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax, and Ant Group released since April carry fingerprints of export-controlled Blackwell GPUs — Executive Summary — Our forensic analysis of publicly released AI models finds evidence that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI …
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