Nvidia has rejected U.S. proposals to embed tracking or kill switches in AI chips sold abroad, warning such measures would create serious cybersecurity risks and damage trust in American technology.
In a blog post published in English and Chinese, the company said its chips do not contain backdoors, and adding them would be a “gift to hackers and hostile actors.”
The post comes after China summoned Nvidia over concerns about potential U.S. rules requiring chips to include location verification features. While no such rules are in effect yet, they remain under discussion by U.S. officials.
Nvidia emphasized that “there is no such thing as a ‘good’ backdoor”, calling them dangerous vulnerabilities.
